It isn't that warm at all, anymore. That OEM sink is a piece of crap, and there is only a pea sized bit of thermal tape (!) to hold it on, leaving the rest of the NB to cook. With the Vantec, it gained me over 200 Mhz (I'm over 1900+ on my AGOGA Palamino now stable), and the sink is just warm to the touch instead of scorching hot. This board is a candidate for watercooling, if one is so inclined.
I also found as I've clocked it up that the southbridge gets warm as well. With the passive sink that came with my Vantec, it is now almost as warm as the northbridge. This needs to be addressed when cooling the NB, but a fan doesn't appear to be necessary (and due to component arrangement on the board, only a stick-on sink can be applied to it, even though there are holes, unless you want to physically mod your stock HS for it with a dremel).
You will not get even decent performance unless the NB cooler is replaced at least with a blorb, and you paste something to your SB.
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