Quote Originally Posted by MADMAX22 View Post
Make sure the stock heatsinc is actually touching the pwms. I took mine off and it was only touching about a third of them. I cut up a HDD cooler and put that on there and I see 36c idle and 38c to 40c load at 1.55vcore. With higher vcore it goes up from there where I ahve scene 53c before.

i tend to avoid doing that in the beginning just in case i have to RMA it back for a replacement...the next time i take the board out of the case, i will consider doing that...waiting on the next "big" air cooler to come along!