Yeah, nothing is oozing out of the sides. I remember BoC saying that with the latest Intel chips that come with a heatspreader, you can even get away with NO thermal paste. At ~22C, it idled at 34C, and peaked at 54C with a 7v fan. According to the review sites I've looked at, it should peak at something like 38C at those temperatures.

And that's for a CPU with 135TDP, while mine's supposed to be a mere 65. Somehow, I think I've been doing it wrong.

How should the cleaning go? I'm pretty sure it's cleaned pretty well. The highest strength rubbing alcohol I can find around here is 64%.