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Hi,My recently built gaming machine has strangely started overheating. Specs are in the signature. It had been running FSX in the 50C range, but after a complete reinstall of W7x64, FSX, and all my files, it runs FSX in the 70-85C range. Processor is i7-2600K, not overclocked. The case (Antec 900) has six fans, two 140 mm over the drive bays blowing in, one 140 mm on the side panel blowing in, one 200 mm on top blowing in, and two 140 mm (one on the PSU, one on the case) blowing out. There's also two fans on the Radeon 6950, blowing into the case, but the side fan blows cool air onto it. All are running as fast as they can. The stock Intel CPU cooler fan runs proportionally to the temp of the CPU. There were no hardware changes, no position-of-hardware changes, and no changes to the cabling. I'm not sure reversing the fans (to make a negative-pressure setup) would make any difference.The case does not have a cutout in the motherboard tray to install an aftermarket cooler. My vision is not that good, so I'd prefer to get a cooler that "plugs" into the board (ASUS P8X68-V-Pro) the way the stock cooler does. In looking at reviews, I've not seen a cooler that does that. I don't care whether it's air or liquid-cooled (although liquid sounds better at this point), I just need the part that contacts the CPU be of the "push-pin" Intel type.Any recommendations would be very welcome.Thanks in advance,dan "lensman19067" davison