So last night I replaced my cooler master thermal paste with some arctic silver, and my cpu seems like it's running slightly hotter than before. I adjusted the fans in the bios to run faster, earlier, due to this. At 35% the cores will peak around 50c (after the fan adjustment), and the package will rise to a steady 50C, according to HW Monitor. Temps will also spike to 50C and package will fluctuate from mid 40s to 50C at as low as 15%. These temps seem a little high for such low utilization, and also a little higher than before. I try to keep my room between 68 and 72F (20-22.2222C, according to google). My other PC, a windows 8.1 with an i5 3570 will run at 30-40C at 35%, using the same thermal paste (from the same tube), in the same room, and running the same program (pcsx2, because it's a cpu hog and I don't have a stress test on hand).
I had a little trouble getting my paste applied yesterday despite having done it correctly several times in the last few months, and had to reduce the amount of paste a total of 3 times to get temps somewhat back to normal at idle. My question is, is this the best that I can expect now? I know this paste is supposed to have a cure time, but I saw an immediate reduction in temps on my other PC (the 8.1) using this paste (but a rise in temps in my windows 10 i7 7700k). I know that I initially applied too much paste, but at this point there should be the same or less paste in my 10 as in my 8.1. Should I reduce the amount of paste again? should I wait and see? should I just leave it alone?
I know this isn't technically about overclocking, and I don't really intend to OC this rig, but I would guess that overclocking enthusiasts should know a thing or two about cpu cooling, and may be the best people to ask.