So I just put together my new machine last night and after running hardware monitoring software found on the stock cooling my 6600 was idling at around 42* Celsius and getting up to 60 under load. While not excessively hot, I wanted it to be lower so I bought an aftermarket heatsink, the Apack Zerothern CF900 and then it started running even hotter, idling in the fifties and getting up to 70 under load. I was like wtf. The Thermal compound I'm using is Ultra Thermal Gel. It came with a brush and I spread the paste out very evenly along the surface of the CPU, making sure it was a thin layer. The heatsink is in contact with the CPU, and I really cannot understand why it is running so hot. The case temps are fine, my GPU temp is perfectly fine, idling at around 39* and my CPU is at stock speeds.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.