"Why look a gift horse in the mouth?" Currently a Quad Q8400 is plugged
into
Gigabyte MOBO. For convenience I connect using RDP. CPU use is 3%.
Temperatures are 40C., 36C., 32C. and 36C. I think core#1 shows heat
damage.
Electromigration occurs when things get too hot.


You just have to purchase ssd's from a good manufacture !


KenW

The Intel 9650 CPU I ordered was delivered and with Halnziye: Silver Thermal
Paste. Let's compare specs:

Halnziye: HY710 10g Silver Thermal Paste.

Halnziye HY710 10g Silver Thermal Paste has decent level of thermal
conductivity at 3.17W/mk. It's capable of providing long-term stability for
your machine, remaining operational through temperatures between 22 and 464
degrees Fahrenheit.

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. specs

Thermal Conductivity 12,5 W/mk
Viscosity 120-170 Pas
Specific Weight 3.7g/cm3
Temperature -200 °C / +350 °C
Capacity 1.5ml / 5,55 g 3ml / 11.1g

The units are Watts per meter per degree Kevin. Using a thin layer reduces
"meters". Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut comes with a spatula with which one can
apply a thin layer. Halnziye HY710 has thermal conductivity at 3.17W/mk.

Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut has Thermal Conductivity 12,5 W/mk

12.5/3.17 = 3.94 or almost 4 times the thermal conductivity, Ceteris
paribus, "holding other things constant." This is a very important
scientific concept for you who have studied multivariable calculus.

The remedy for an overheating CPU is to use Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut thermal
grease and to use as thin a layer as possible.

The Intel 9650 CPU came from a reputable company who sold me 4x 2GB DDR2
RAM. I only needed 2 modules. When I first plugged in the two RAM modules
(now for a total of 12GB), it created a heat crisis for the old Q9650 that
crashed and eventually burnt up. If I only knew what I know now at first.

Now I will have a Q9650 in a GIGABYTE main board, 6 SSD ports, 2x 500GB SSD
drives and one 3TB WD HDD. Also a bunch of other stuff that is not part of
this discussion.

Why such a proliferation of inadequate thermal grease products? Gresham's
law is a monetary principle stating that "bad money drives out good".
Likewise, so many people settle for bad grease. I've spent a lot of money on
bad grease.