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I ran a 7 hour stability test overnight and I never saw my CPU drop below 4.3 GHz in HWinfo and HWMonitor, max temp it ever reported was 78C. Apparently I looked it up and Thermaltake's mounting mechanism for this cooler isn't that great, this is supposed to happen. But it makes contact with the...

Yes, basically everyone said I'm overthinking it.

The i7-8700 was in my pre-built so I just took it from there because I couldn't really afford a B450 motherboard and Ryzen processor. My next build will definitely be Ryzen. Anyway, thank you guys for the answers, I'll make sure to continue monitoring temps. The board does not flex, and the...

I don't know what's up with it either, the mounting platform is screwed in properly and I'm using the appropriate slots for my socket. I can move the cooler up very slightly but only very slightly otherwise my motherboard starts flexing. The base plate of the cooler does not change at all if I...

I have a i7-8700, Thermaltake UX200 ARGB cpu cooler with MX-4 thermal paste, Z390 Aorus Pro motherboard, be quiet! Pure Base 500DX case, with 3 Pure Wings 140mm PWM High-Speed fans, one at the rear, two front intakes, and I left one of the stock fans (non-PWM) to run on the top. My temps in...

Hello, I recently decided to give my pre-built PC case a bit of an upgrade. I had a crappy off the shelf HP Pavilion 580-199ng that had such terrible airflow. I got myself a be quiet! Pure Base 500DX, a new CPU cooler, and transfered the parts I had in the pre-built (some of which were upgraded...