Quote Originally Posted by zpaf View Post
I had the same temps when i got the board.
1) replace the stock IOH heatsink with optional one
2) clean the paste and apply as5
3) if your case take side fans push fresh air directry to IOH and ICH

With ambient around 23c you must have ~40c on ICH/IOH
zpaf...some questions:

1. Is the fan noisy? Really dont want to spoil the PC by adding a noisy fan
2. Clean TIM...not an option. Simply dont have the time to do it...plus if I did do it I dont think I could help but get the EK mobo WB instead and build a dedicated WCing loop for it while I am at it. I dont want upgrade anything in the PC at the moment, just built it recently and need to spend time using rather than improving it right now.
3. Case is TJ07. Air flow is not great. I have a HDD enclosure pushing air through the front to back. Also have rear 92mm's and roof 120mm fans all pushing air. No direct air flow over the mobo though. Any advice on how to go about improving air flow?

I am thinking that if I can add the optional fan on without undoing the whole mobo then I'll give that a go and see how it sounds. If it reduces the temps then great. If the fan is noisy then I am thinking that an ugly but effective solution could be antec spot cool fans. If the optional fan is good but not good enough then adding the ugly spot fans will further reduce the temps while avoiding a complete re-build (something that only a mobo/cpu failure will make me do...touch wood...crosses fingers...prays to the hw gods for mercy...er...).

Any advice would greatly appreciated