that explains, the cpu should be on the motherboard, not on your hand
Get a load of Federico Faggin over here!
That is a hell of a reference.
Well yeah that isn't optimal but I doubt the PC will run any faster. If you were reaching thermal throttling temperatures with that paste you probably will hit them even after replacing the paste. Do you have a program like HWinfo that could monitor the temps and log if you're hitting the throttle limit?
Whats that
That is a processor with some very dried-out looking thermal compound on it. I had to deal with a similar situation today on a machine I was working on.
I bought a GPU off ebay that had thermal paste like this, the pads were also worn as fuck. New thermal paste, new pads, and it went from shutting off every 5 mins / ridiculously slow speed to good as new. Amazing what a difference just fresh paste made
You forgot to install the cpu.. This could totally cause the issue.
Thermal paste? More like thermal dirt.
thermal historical artifact
Thermal crust
I was expecting a "remove before installing" sticker.
Concrete evidence
