Hello all! I've recently put together a SuperMicro X10SDV-6C+-TLN4F inside a CSE-721TQ-250B Super-chassis. It's a great system but a bit loud for my taste. I just saw Patrick's article on quieting it down using a Noctua CPU fan so I am going to give that a try. As long as I'm taking the motherboard out, I thought I may as well see if I can take off the heatsink and replace the factory thermal paste in the hopes of lowering the temps a bit.
Has anybody tried this on their X10SDV board? I just wanted to make sure the heatsink is actually removable and uses standard paste and is not using a thermal pad or is permanently attached somehow. Or should I just leave it alone?
Thanks!
Has anybody tried this on their X10SDV board? I just wanted to make sure the heatsink is actually removable and uses standard paste and is not using a thermal pad or is permanently attached somehow. Or should I just leave it alone?
Thanks!