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Blue|Fusion · Rated XXX

Thanks for the reply.

I already applied the HSP three times. The last time, I used a credit card to get it really thin and it came down about a degree from what it was. I used AS5, too, as I heard that's the best.

I'm wondering if a faster fan on the HSF would work better than the stock fan? It's the 120mm, 1300RPM fan that came with it, but it's rated at 54.4CFM, IIRC which quite a bit, isn't it? Would it help getting a faster one but having to put up with some more noise? I've also heard that turning the fan the other way and drawing the air away through the heatsink in the opposite direction might help. I can see where that's coming from, but wouldn't that prevent good airflow over the northbridge heatsink than? Would it really matter?

Sorry I'm asking so many questions, but I'm a curious kid, lol.

EDIT:
BTW, here's the full specs and some pictures of it during the build:
http://richgannon.net/?style=v1&page=content&id=5

I also changed some of the wiring since those pics to improve airflow the last time I set the HSF on the CPU, so it's not that messy in there anymore.