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I finally had time to pull out my motherboard so I could get rid of the plastic shroud pieces that were preventing me from putting a radiator in the top of my case. This required the removal of the two heatsinks on the VRMs/MOS surrounding the socket, so I took them off careful not to get anything on the thermal pads, unscrewed and trashed the plastic parts, then reinstalled the heatsinks which I only now noticed has had a dramatic effect on temperature.
Normally, HWINFO64 reports my MOS temp as 50c average, with maximum usally close to 60. Right now it's 34c with a max of 39. Either I destroyed something while working on it, or those heatsinks were hanging by a thread. So if you have relatively high VRM temps, try reseating the heatsinks, but don't overtighten unless you like the sound of cracking motherboard.
Normally, HWINFO64 reports my MOS temp as 50c average, with maximum usally close to 60. Right now it's 34c with a max of 39. Either I destroyed something while working on it, or those heatsinks were hanging by a thread. So if you have relatively high VRM temps, try reseating the heatsinks, but don't overtighten unless you like the sound of cracking motherboard.