I'm running the MSI MEG x570 ACE.Originally Posted by Altsink
Honestly, the thermals wouldn't be such a concern if cooler manufacturers, BIOS designers, and etc. would all get together and do a less sucktacular job at designing pump/fan software. The NZXT software that came with my X72 was SO. DAMN. BAD. I ended up just leaving the BIOS fan curves at defaults and picking up a copy of Argus Monitor and setting all the dynamic curves in that app. The chipset temps were running around 67C+ all the time and the fan rarely came on. With it running at basically minimal speed via Argus Monitor, the temps rarely ever get over 60C now even under my heaviest loads. I poked around on mine with a thermal camera during stress testing and the VRM areas never got very hot. Granted, I'm only on a 3900X @ 4.2GHz. The default settings were MUCH worse as the voltage would ramp up to like 1.465v and then it wouldn't take too long before it appeared to start throttling (with Prime95 spiking things up to 97C). Setting it to a flat 4.2GHz and undervolting to 1.25v cured all its ills; Prime95 temps dropped to ~74C after the cooler heat soaks and it rarely gets above ~55C in any gaming I've done yet. It's been more stable under load than any system I've had before.
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