What heatsink to buy to cool down mobo chipset?

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Hi, my motherboard temperatures are little above what I would like them to be. In AIDA64 it shows mobo temps as 38c and sometimes higher. Rest of my system is liquid cooled so I got no temp issues there but just the mobo I would like a little lower. The mobo is Asus Sabertooth x79. Any heatsink or cooler you guys would recommend?
 
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The PCH is rated the same as the CPU, so probably want to keep it under 80c. The VRMS can take a little more.
38c is no where even close to the safe operating temperature and in any case, what Aida64 calls the MB temp isn't the temperature of the motherboard in general (there are obviously lots of components on the motherboard!) it's the CPU socket. Which has nothing to do with the VRMs.
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Ok. Thank you. Right now I am using corsair 900d with 3 x 120mm in the front, 3 x 120mm in the top (for rad), 4 x 120mm bottom (rad), and 1 x 140mm rear (rad). They are all noctua nf-f12's except the 3 front ones which are not for radiator and the 140mm. If I change the three front default sp120s to noctua nf-f12s or some other airflow series noctuas would that make a difference?
 
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well, all these sound very sufficient to me and if 40c exist while system under heavy load then are good temps! also try other software too to determine a more accurate readind! you dont need to buy new fans just try different intake and exsaust set ups to achieve best performance. i would use the flront as intake, bottom rad fans as intake and back and upper rad fans as exsaust! i think that would provide best results! also make sure that the exsaust fans spin a bit faster than the intake!
 
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The PCH is rated the same as the CPU, so probably want to keep it under 80c. The VRMS can take a little more.
38c is no where even close to the safe operating temperature and in any case, what Aida64 calls the MB temp isn't the temperature of the motherboard in general (there are obviously lots of components on the motherboard!) it's the CPU socket. Which has nothing to do with the VRMs.
 
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all sabertooth mobo have softwere included AI suite 2 http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=SABERTOOTH+X79 through this you can monitor several sensors, including mobo and vrm. consider them accurate except the cpu.its more like a cpu package and not actual core temp.i though you would already know that!
 
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Right, you don't need the AI suite. You can get it of course, but both software packages are reading temps from the same sensors, and will give the same values. If there is no VRM temperature sensor, you won't get a VRM temperature, even if the program has something labeled as VRM temp. I don't know if that MB has a VRM sensor, but I do know the temp it calls MB is not the VRM.
 
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vcore represents the area in the mobo next to your cpu where (mofsets + capactiros + chokes) vrm(voltaltage regulator module) that feeds cpu the power needed! since your mobo has active cooling,with contolled fan(if you have it installed) even if temps arent that accurate doenst matter. what matters is that by monitoring the temps, you ensure that the differances between idle and full load (temps) remain as low as possible!(especially when cpu is oveclocked)
 
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