No problem, but your asus have no need for this mod as it`s 8 phaze layout on the boardQuote:
Originally Posted by cronic
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No problem, but your asus have no need for this mod as it`s 8 phaze layout on the boardQuote:
Originally Posted by cronic
do you even need to?
do they get hot?
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Originally Posted by Revv23
They get warm to touch and I am tring to squeeze every last bit of performance out of this setup. I thought the cooler the better. right?
I say it like this.. I doesnt exactly hurt the perfomance if you doo the mod :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by cronic
im actually plannin a buncha mods like this. finally found the microcool mini sinks to sink ALL chokes, the pwm area and the various IC's that get hot (also directed by the thermal images of the sli-d boards)
good work there man, now im just trying to find a VERY cool chipset solution that will allow my big vid cards to work installed in SLi
How does this qualify? :)
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3733/v60100203lq.jpg
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1745/v60100226nw.jpg
After seeing this thread, the chokes will get it too! :slapass: :D
do chokes even create heat? you sure they arent being heated by surrounding components? in which case adding hs's to them would heat them up moreso.
yes, they do.
Just got my mobo back from RMA so it's getting set up for phase and I decided I'd put some heatsinks on the hotspots from the thermal images on bigbruin. Here's the result:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a96...666/DFI057.jpg
Anywhere else I should sink?
nice :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Nephilim
I'm going to do the same next time my mobo is out my case..
also, nice IHS :slobber: