So I just recently finished building my new rig and I've only been worried about one thing; my CPU temps.
I'm using a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus. The cooler is able to rotate a tiny little bit after I installed it, but I looked this up and it's supposed to be normal. The only thing I'd need to be worried about is if it is able to rock back and forth, which it can't. I used the "spreading method" to apply the thermal paste on to the CPU. It's where you put a small gob of paste on the CPU, then put a little baggy over your index finger and spread the paste around evenly. I was following Newegg's 3-part guide on how to build computers and the guy in it used the spreading method.
I've been playing Far Cry 3 to put a decent load on the CPU and the temps get up to 50 c, but no higher. At idle the temps are roughly 33-39 c. I'm using a program provided by MSI called Control Center. It came with my motherboard.
Anyway, all I'm wondering is where my temps should be with this cooler I installed. I'm worried I might have screwed up with the thermal paste application and I'd really hate to have to take this beast out, clean off the paste, then redo it again.