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Originally Posted by Turbo91Bird In my previous post you can see I already tried that to no avail. I put the stock cooler back in there (50's idle and 70s on load) and my mobo temps are back down to where they are normally at (30's). In the majority of the new egg reviews on the Accelero X2 you can see that even the people that gave good reviews (and the bad ones of course) said their system temps increased by a substantial amount.

Don't know what to say about the reviews. Nothing against you, but I put about...oh ZERO value on Newegg reviews. I suppose if you have a mid tower case, wire clutter, less than ideal airflow, or the temp sensor is right below the exhaust, it would show higher temps, but seriously, is the Accelero worse than a Zalman in that respect? My Lian Li case exhausts hot air quite nicely. I have had NO rise in mobo temps or case temps after installation. My case may not be a full tower, but it IS larger than most mid towers. I have two front 80's blowing in, an 80 blowing out the back and another 80 out the top, plus the one 120 fan on my FSP PSU. Additionally, I took out two unused PCI covers out of the back to provide any additional air needed and altough I don't have the most well done cables, they are at least bundled and out of the way of air movement. Now, maybe my A8N-E board has the sensor mounted differently, but again I've had no trouble. I LOVE this thing and can't recommend it enough for a successful, quiet answer to the stock cooler.