I have an FX 6300 paired with a Gigabyte 970a ds3 mobo.I had only noise problems with my stock cooler!I recently bought a zalman cnps10x .I tested before on aida64 and the results was motherboard at 48℃ and CPU at 57-58℃maximum.after installing the new cooler I test again on aida64 (same time) and I got 37 on motherboard (because a lower the so it can cool the mobo toK when I saw I was surprised by the temperatures but the problem is on idle it gets 16℃ when I have 27℃ in my room.Pam is turned off by default .