Not enough thermal paste left.
Not enough thermal paste left.
He checked if the amount of thermal paste he applied was sufficient for his Ryzen 2600 CPU with an Arctic MX 4.
It seems you're ready to proceed. Make sure your cooler is back in place and inspect your thermal layers. Verify they stay within normal limits during both idle and high-load conditions. Think about how thermal paste should be applied—aim for the thinnest possible film between the IHS and your cooling surface, ensuring it covers any tiny gaps or uneven spots.
I'm currently updating my CPU cooler and will share the details around 30 minutes from now.
The question is unclear. Could you clarify what you mean by "put a cooler on the chip" and "paste left over from the cooler"?
Idle temps don't tell you everything that you need to know. If you have good idle temps, but you reach thermal throttle under load, you have a bad mount. Temperatures also need to be considered relative to ambient. ΔT over ambient at idle and load will tell you what you need to know. If you're idling at 30° but ambient is -30°, you've got an issue. Most pastes also have a very short "curing" time, where they become most effective after they've had a chance to warm up, reflow into the nooks and crannies, and then left to cool down for a period of time (overnight, for an easy example). It's generally not a significant change, but it's not uncommon to see slight drops of low single digit averages. testing idle and load temperatures helps achieve this.