I received all of the parts for my new build (see my final post in the thread) yesterday, and I assembled it excitedly. It powered on to the UEFI BIOS on the first try.
But then I noticed the CPU temperature kept going up. It leveled off at 65°C at idle just in the BIOS. That just doesn't seem right. I see folks on other threads and forums talking about 40°C idle temps, and I fear I've done something wrong.
It's possible I don't have the HSF installed correctly. I used the stock cooler. When I pushed in on the pins, they would click into place, but almost every time another one would pop back out. I eventually got all four of them to stick in the down position (and verified the black bits were through on the backside), but I still think it's possible I messed this up. I used the tiger-striped pre-applied thermal paste, as well.
I think I'll run by my local computer parts retailer to pick up the highly-recommended Cooler Master Hyper 212+ on my way home. I have some unopened thermal paste I can use.
And a quick question: when I was lowering the handle to lock the CPU in place, it sounded like I was crunching something. I quintuple-checked everything, but no matter how many times I tried it there was always that sound. Is this common with LGA 1155? The last processor I put into a system was a Socket 478, so the pins were on the processor instead of the motherboard.