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So based on the measurements that Der8auer took while putting the X570 under load (chipset uses less than 10W) it should be safe, if your case has plenty of airflow across the board, to replace the whole fan assembly with a big chipset heatsink, something like this. Especially for the Gigabyte board, where you're losing a fan header to the chipset fan, this could be a worthwhile mod. Can anyone (@CountNoctua) take pictures of the motherboard with the entire fan/heatsink assembly removed, and then pictures of the underside of the heatsink/fan module?If your M.2 drive isn't sitting directly over the chipset, this should be possible, but I'd want visual confirmation before making a strong recommendation.EDIT: Fixed duplicate link [USER=4931]@NinoPecorino[/USER]
So based on the measurements that Der8auer took while putting the X570 under load (chipset uses less than 10W) it should be safe, if your case has plenty of airflow across the board, to replace the whole fan assembly with a big chipset heatsink, something like this. Especially for the Gigabyte board, where you're losing a fan header to the chipset fan, this could be a worthwhile mod. Can anyone (@CountNoctua) take pictures of the motherboard with the entire fan/heatsink assembly removed, and then pictures of the underside of the heatsink/fan module?
If your M.2 drive isn't sitting directly over the chipset, this should be possible, but I'd want visual confirmation before making a strong recommendation.
EDIT: Fixed duplicate link [USER=4931]@NinoPecorino[/USER]
