I also have a Corsair H115i. Shoul I connect it to  CPU Fan Connector or Chassis Optional/Water Pump Fan Connector?

The only other thing I can think of is perhaps I didn't apply enough thermal paste. I use a card, like a debit card (in my case an old AAA card), and spread a thin layer across the top of the CPU. Awhile back, I would also spread a layer on the heatsink, but after seeing how much paste would end up on the sides of the CPU, I stopped doing that. I'm wondering now if I should re-apply, and perhaps crank it down a little less.

parsec wrote: Your idle temps seem high to me as well, but I'm still waiting to get a Ryzen system, I can't get the board I want. So I can't offer advise from experience.

Which board were you aiming for?

I just kept hitting refresh at 10-15 minute intervals (on 3/1) until it became available for pre-order again. So someone must have backed out, or they got more in-stock. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I realized the Taichi board had everything I really wanted (namely two M.2 slots that were at least 20Gbps). Kind of cursed myself for being so impulsive. But the Creative software seems to have improved my audio experience, and the 5Gpbs LAN port may come in handy at some point.

parsec wrote: The manual for your board shows both Cool n Quiet and C6 Mode enabled by default, in the Advanced, CPU Configuration screen. That normally reduces the CPU temperature at idle. Is the CPU speed/frequency dropping down at idle in Windows?

No matter what I'm doing, it seems like it never waivers much from 3.7Ghz (it'll dip about 50Mhz in CPU-Z, but that's about it).

parsec wrote: But as we have seen with the latest Intel processor boards, the Auto/default VCore values are way more than necessary. That is done as a precaution, since it is impossible to predict how the processors will be at first. What do you see as the VCore in the H/W Monitor screen? It won't be identical in Windows, can you get a VCore reading in Windows? Do you use the standard Balanced Windows Power Plan?

If by "Vcore" you mean the Core Voltage, in CPU-Z it is showing as 1.216V. I wasn't sure, so I included pics. I am running in Performance Mode for my Power Plan.

Alright, I'll definitely try that. I didn't think there would be much difference between them, so I figured I would save the one that came with the cooler for when another fan died.

parsec wrote: Did you ever look at the Fan-Tastic Tuning feature for fan speed configuration, in the H/W Monitor screen? I see it listed in the manual, but not in the screen shot, so not sure if it is there.   It would be useful to configure the CPU fan speed so it would not be too loud, if that bothers you.

It is there! I'm not sure if it came with the original BIOS, but it is there in 1.50. Took awhile for it to Tune, and because my temps were so much higher than Xaltar's, I didn't go that route. Just set everything to the max. Noise isn't much of an issue right now, as I have an AC unit running in this room that drowns out pretty much everything else.

I never should have read further into the manual  It seemed clear to me when I was putting it together that is what those labels meant.

From what I did read in the manual, I was left with the impression that the writer was in a hurry to finish. I didn't get the impression at the time that English wasn't the writers first language. So Kudos to them for doing as well as they did.

Excellent info, thank you!

parsec wrote: If you want to run the fans on your H60 (stock fan? SOOO Loud! You use two fans, so who knows what they are) at full speed all the time, feel free to do that.

I recently had to replace some aging fans, and bought a CoolerMaster four pack. They're a little on the slow side (~1200rpm), but they are very quiet.

parsec wrote: You CPU temperature seems high at idle. Do you have the appropriate AM4 mounting kit for your H60? Do the instructions say it is AM4 compatible?

I watched a video on YouTube that said this H60 was AM4 compatible, so I went ahead and ordered it. My HAF 912 can't really accommodate anything larger than a single 120 radiator. In my push/pull config, I actually have the "pull" fan located on the outside of the case (which makes reaching behind the computer "fun" sometimes).

Where do you think the temps should be settling at? I could try changing the Voltage setting from "OC Mode" to (I believe) "Normal Mode", but that's really the only thing I messed with. I tried OC'ing the processor up to 4Ghz, but it idled around 65-70, and that made me uncomfortable. My 8350 idled around 30-40C when I had it pushed to 4.2-4.4, with a similar cooler.

The page on NewEgg has it listed as "AMD AM4 Compatible", so I think I'm good there. It was a bit of a stretch to get the clips around the notches in the stock heatsink brackets, but I did eventually get them on. I didn't much like the flex (in the AMD H60 "holder" that sits on top of the cooler) after it was tightened down, so perhaps I fastened it too tightly.