Quote Originally Posted by hodgy1971 View Post
Hi Guys,
Doing a new setup now, I have read on the forum that most of you guys are cleaning of the TIM from your motherboards and changing it out for another. My question is would you guys do this first or fire up the board check your temps, then maybe change if needed?
Thanks!
There is no reason to try it first as the consensus here is that the stock chipset heatsink installation is terrible!