Temperature Tests
We take the readings after loading the CPU up with 10 minutes of all-core KeyShot rendering. Figures are pulled from HWiNFO's reporting. Interestingly, it was only after updating to the latest F4d BIOS did the motherboard temperature stack up with the competition.
Our initial thoughts were that the board's heatsinks weren't as chunky as the competition, especially the Asus, leading to (much) hotter operating temperatures. That line of thinking is not actually that correct, going by our numbers, because even though the TRX40 Xtreme doesn't do as well, the temperature difference is only a few degrees.