Howto: fix your high Chipset Temps and screamy Fan

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   My x570 Taichi always had high Chipset Temps.
i'm talking about >75°C Chipset while Gaming, and the Chipset Fan screaming at 6000rpm.
First i tried to move the GPU in the 2nd Slot, but that only lowered the Chipset Temp to around 71°, while the fan is still sitting at 6000rpm (in "Silent" Mode).

So i checked out the Chipset Cooler, and boy what a colossal fu**up on Asrocks part.

1. they use two 1mm thermal pads (one between chipset and "cooler", one between the cooler and the metal cover.
2. the metal cooler has no fins. where the hell should it dissipate heat from?

So i decided to at least fix point 1.

Got myself some small copper plates 20x20x1mm.
You'd need a screwdriver, thermal paste and, optionally, some 4mm thick thermal pad.

Put one of the copper plates between the metal "cooler without fins" and the metal cover. Obviously use thermal paste on both sides.

Put one on the metal cooler contacting the chipset.

And optionally put some non conductive thermal pad between the backside of the mainboard, and it's metal back cover.

All that droped my Chipset Temp from hovering around 75-77°C to around 57-58°C. While at the same time dropping chipset rpms from 6000 to around 2400-3000.

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merat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09 Dec 2020 Status: Offline Points: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote merat Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Topic: Howto: fix your high Chipset Temps and screamy Fan Posted: 09 Dec 2020 at 4:56pm
	My x570 Taichi always had high Chipset Temps. i'm talking about >75°C Chipset while Gaming, and the Chipset Fan screaming at 6000rpm. First i tried to move the GPU in the 2nd Slot, but that only lowered the Chipset Temp to around 71°, while the fan is still sitting at 6000rpm (in "Silent" Mode). So i checked out the Chipset Cooler, and boy what a colossal fu**up on Asrocks part. 1. they use two 1mm thermal pads (one between chipset and "cooler", one between the cooler and the metal cover. 2. the metal cooler has no fins. where the hell should it dissipate heat from? So i decided to at least fix point 1. Got myself some small copper plates 20x20x1mm. You'd need a screwdriver, thermal paste and, optionally, some 4mm thick thermal pad. Put one of the copper plates between the metal "cooler without fins" and the metal cover. Obviously use thermal paste on both sides. Put one on the metal cooler contacting the chipset. And optionally put some non conductive thermal pad between the backside of the mainboard, and it's metal back cover. All that droped my Chipset Temp from hovering around 75-77°C to around 57-58°C. While at the same time dropping chipset rpms from 6000 to around 2400-3000.