M5A99X Evo R2.0 Socket temp

[Gin]

It's actually relatively easy, If you have a jigsaw just cut a hole in the motherboard tray. Then you can do either of the following. Mount a fan using double sided tape to the Cpu backplate or you can then cut a hole in the panel door and mount a fan there. I did the latter and have a 120 mm fan exhausting air out of the case. This is what Johan did to his system.

Wow amazing!. Thank you, you saved me I hope this would lower a bit my socket temps. I mean even 4 Cº would be appreciated!

 

[Mandrake4565]

Cutting the motherboard tray and the panel door, with the installation of a 120mm fan dropped my socket temps 10-12c. Just make sure, if you're going to do it, that you file the burrs off the tray and make sure no metal is touching the motherboard.

 

[RGone]

Cutting the motherboard tray and the panel door, with the installation of a 120mm fan dropped my socket temps 10-12c. Just make sure, if you're going to do it, that you file the burrs off the tray and make sure no metal is touching the motherboard.

Yeah if a fan blows a metal chip unto electrical contacts...OOPs. Hopefully the mobo tray is removable for cutting and DEburring.
RGone...

 

[Hr.Soegaard]

Gin. - I see u got over 4.4 on a M5A99X. I cannot get over 4.4, but im running bios 2005, and i can see you using 1503. maybe i should try go back so i can hit 4.5/4.6. ?

 

[RGone]

Some boards like an earlier bios. Mine does for sure with my FX-8350 on CHV non-Z board. I never flash a bios just to be flashing. If I have zero issues, I never flash forward. If the bios README has no mention of an issue afflicting me...I don't flash. Period.
RGone...

 

[Hr.Soegaard]

Great, i think i will flash it back to 1503 as it was before. thx.

 

[Gin]

Gin. - I see u got over 4.4 on a M5A99X. I cannot get over 4.4, but im running bios 2005, and i can see you using 1503. maybe i should try go back so i can hit 4.5/4.6. ?

I'm using 2005 since I used to have some bios settings issues with default bios. How ever, it may be a good idea to try stability with the default bios.
I must say, that I wasn't able to reach a stable 4,5 using only the CPU Multipler. I believe I just gained a bit of extra stability by using the FSB "@250" In my case. I have Cpu-NB @2500 1.220V and HT running at the same speed. It gives you a performance gain, I feel it, just faster.
My idle freq went up from 1400mhz to 1755mhz. Also, I use like 1.380-1.390 but under load it will give only 1.356 but constant.
My mems are running at 1666mhz from 1600, no big deal @1.55V, timings = default 9-9-9-24 / 2T

Anything else could be related to the chip itself, sometimes chips likes different voltages and settings for higher clocks idk.