OK, so I was fed up with my 8800GT overheating (90C+) so Grizz hooked me up with some AS5 to re-apply the compound.

I cleaned up all the old stuff, then removed the thermal pads for the mem chips, and added the AS5 sparingly to all contacts. I don't spread my compound, instead the mem chips all got a small dab and the GPU got an even criss cross of compound.

I booted up, and now my idle temp is higher than before (65C) but my load temp never breaks 80C, seems weird to me, any insight?

uneven compound, too much, not enough pressure on the hsf, air pocket.


Reapply and remount.