alright, quick update, i've stripped off all the compound, and reapplied after a good cleaning. now my temp is still up and around 40C+ normal. haven't run anything cause i don't wanna kill the cpu. there's no airflow issues, other than I don't have an exhaust fan. do you think an Antec exhaust fan would bring the temps down? btw i'm doing NO over clocking.
now here's the thing, should I change my AI overclocking feature from auto, to manual, standard, or adaptive overclocking? (ASUS A8V board). I'm wondering if because I had it on auto it would raise the temps itself, to OC the rig. but now i've got it on standard, and it's still running hot. I'll check manual and repost my findings in 1 minute.