i have an athlon xp 2400+ and i bought a new heatsink for it and i can't seem to get the temps down much. the person i bought the HS off of
OC'd his system and was running an athlon xp 2000+ running at 2.1 Ghz and the temps stayed at around 40 degrees on idle. i run at 53 on idle and i don't
OC. i use arctic silver 5 for my paste and i just can't seem to get it right. my temps won't go down at all. i have 7 cooling fans in my case too. any recommendations on how to apply the paste so i can get my temps down lower because i think it's the way i'm doing my paste.