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Don't worry, I certainly won't be lapping it! I replaced the slower pull and exhaust fans with Cooler Master Excaliburs and used the slower fans for intake and now I see a max core temperature of 80C! I also tried to tidy the cables a little:

I have to say, i'm a little hesitant to lap the processor :\ Is it really the only solution? I have also read not to lap the megahalems.

Ambient temp is probably around 20C, putting my hand behind the pull fan there is noticeable air flow. Here's the layout of the case:

Hi, I've just finished building my new rig and have been trying to overclock it to 4.0Ghz (with HT enabled) but am having some trouble with high temperatures. The main components of the machine are: i7 970 (Rev B1, not sure if that makes much difference) Asus Rampage III Extreme 12GB Corsair...

Given that I'm doing some high performance computing and maybe some video encoding, the extra cores (4 vs 6) I think that I may well get quite a lot of improvement with the 970 over the 930. As for the 470's, I agree!

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc Gaming, Application Development, High Perfomance Computing (OpenCL) 2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? £2000 + £200 Amazon voucher. Tax + shipping inclusive 3) Where do you live? UK 4) What exact...