Hm, so aside from the northbridge it is ok. At least something.

Going to pick EP45-DS4 up tomorrow. I hope it will not get as hot due to the much better heatpipe cooling, and more importantly, that it will be capable of running at 500FSB at stock or close to stock votages. Fingers crossed...

Edited August 7, 200917 yr by TheWalrus

Could you try Large FFTs test in Prime95 for say 20 minutes please? That would give me some basic idea

Temps after doing what you requested:

System: Min-33 Max-37

CPU: Min- 30 Max-45

So the system temp was actually lower than while playing a game! Bear in mind it is probably cooler where I live than where you do, although like I have said I only have a very basic case and just the two 120MM 1200RPM case fans (the northbridge heatsink doesn't get a whole lot of air). Hopefully the DS4 will solve your heat worries! It does have more heatpipes and also the heatsinks themselves are far more open and do not have those good looking yet useless covers over the top.

Edited August 8, 200917 yr by Zenskas

Initial OC attemps show that it sucks compared to the previous board though