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Dell Inspiron e1505/6400 CPU Temperatures & Video Card (Pros/Cons of Using Arctic Sil

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Hi all, I replaced my e1505/6400 motherboard a few months ago. I was getting an annoying hum when both cores where turned on. So I downloaded Notebook Hardware Control to turn both cores on to check out the noise and well the new motherboard also makes the annoying noise but I think a bit less.

Anyhow I forgot to take a temperature reading before I installed the new motherboard (I know stupid). Well just surfing the net using firefox my cpu temperature goes from the 40c all the way up to the 60c. I don't remember if my old one was that high. I did install a new thermal pad over the cpu (its grey) and a new pad over the MCH (Memory Control Hub)(pad is purple).

Is there anyway to get a temperature reading for the MCH (Memory Control hub) and a reading on how hot my ATI Radeon Video Card is running?

Should I remove the grey thermal compound and use Arctic Silver instead? What are some pro's and con's? I read somewhere that if I used Arctic Silver in a few years I would have to redo it.

Shot is of the old heat sink with grey compound the purple thermal pad:
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Hi!, for the ATI you could use the I8kFanGUI (www.diefer.de/i8kfan/) , the program gives you temperature readings of the CPU, GPU, Memory, Chipset, RAM and the HDD. I don't know if the memory control hub has a temperature sensor. I hope that my answer helps you.

I used Arctic ceramique on the CPU in my I1420 and the temperature drops 5-10°C in idle...
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