Ok I've built this PC as in my sig a few days ago. No problems whatsoever except that updating the BIOS from 0902 to the 1501 hosed my freshly installed Windows XP (BSOD's to registry errors). Anyway since I've put a TRUE black 120 on this Striker II Formula my CPU stays cool (32C idle - according to BIOS and RealTemp), but the NB and SB don't get much airflow and get REAL HOT. They both get 80C idle! I noticed this since I started OC-ing my E8400 and couldn't get it stable, even at 3.4GHz. No wonder since I was priming and the NB reached 105C(!) and the PC froze ofcourse.
Today I have moved one of my VGA's to the white slot to make room for a 80mm fan which now is blowing full speed at the NB and SB and now the NB is 61C idle and the SB is 64C idle. But now this silent PC has become unbearable with the loud 80mm fan. Do you guys have problems with these chips and what have you done to lower the temps except putting waterblocks on them ofcourse?
BTW this 1501 BIOS is a bit quirky since it sometimes doesn't remember my manually set FSB and then resets to default and also if I manually put the memory to 1066Mhz it sometimes reverts back to 666(?) after a reboot, and I have PC8500's. And in one case I had to set the CPU multiplier back to 9x in the BIOS since it was at 6x. Do you guys have these same symptoms with 1501 and have these been fixed in 1601?
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