Yeah that's way too much TIM. You only need a bit in the middle (a few grain sized worth) and the mounting pressure of the heatsink will spread the paste. There's no need to spread it out like butter on toast :) Can you compare the CPU temperature reported by the Asus Thermal Radar 2 with the values...

Another thing I noticed is that enabling XMP will also multi core enhancement which overclocks the processor by 200 MHz and increases the vcore from 1.29v under load to 1.39v. The side effect is much higher temperatures. I've left it disabled for now because I think you can get better results with m...

What are you using to load test? Prime95 with 8 threads with small FFTs can easily heat up the CPU very quickly and cause 90+ degree temperatures. I have never tried an i5 which should run cooler but on my other computer using an i7 4770k temperatures will quickly jump to 100+ causing immediate thro...

I am still in the process of setting everything up but I just wanted to report on the bios settings. I updated the bios to the latest version which is 1801 and I'm happy to report that the Q-Fan tuning works fine. The bios detected a min of 18% for my Noctua NF-A15 and around 40% for the Corsair AF1...

I have all the parts except for the motherboard and CPU right now which are on the way. Sorry I wasn't clear but the picture I posted is actually from SPCR's 4k gaming build guide. I was thinking of a gentle ramp up with the fans as well but I was confused when I saw the guide so I ended up posting ...

Hey everyone I'm building a new Skylake system soon with the following specs: -Core i7 6700k -Asus Z170-A -16 GB DDR 2400 -Asus GTX 970 STRIX -Fractal Design R4 (reused) -2x Stock Fractal Fans -Scythe Cooler with Noctua NF-A15 -Seasonic 460 watt fanless My old system was pretty quiet but I used a Gi...