still haven't got my Qx9770 up & running yet as i'm waiting for a open test rack from Petra's to test the mobo/cpu/memory/hhd's before taking all stock cooling off & water cool the bugger ! I want to be able to RMA the board before tearing of the copper if the mobo is DOA ! Gonna use a intel CPU fan that came with my Q6600 for the testing .will report back on what i get