A new cooler shouldn't be the first thing on your mind.

So, you recently acquired a new CPU cooler, but your system still heats up enough to fry an egg. The fans are screaming, your temper is rising with the CPU's temperature, and you're just about to rage ...

Even a 360mm AIO won't always keep your CPU cool ...

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Repasting is cheap and easy to do, generally. I'd give that a shot. While you're doing that, make sure no dust bunnies have built a nest in the heatsink fins. Modern systems will park cores and do ...