Water Cooling Asus Maximus Extreme with Crosslinx

Anyone have any recommendations to cool the SB and XLink chips while I wait for EK to finish the WB mod? I was thinking of just a couple of ram sinks and an 80mm fan as a stop gap solution to allow me to load the OS, Apps, and take initial temps. I'm not going to overclock my system until I finish off the GPU/MB loop, but as the other components are already underwater I only need to cool the last two chips.

I need to take another look at my Heatbridge to see if I can remove the stock SB/XLink heatsink without damaging the bridge, if I can't I'll need some other ideas..

Your ideas are welcomed.

Grim

well I just took some swiftech heatsinks for it and put em on the clx/sb...more than enough. temps are bout ~29°c

A local PC shop had a few aluminum chipset heatsink's in a parts. $2 solution works for me until the SB block is avail again.. Thanks for the help.

OK, Now I can confirm the block is ready and will fit perfectly :) yay!

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Originally Posted by Eddy_EK

OK, Now I can confirm the block is ready and will fit perfectly :) yay!

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Great news!!!

Just posted a new thread detailing my version of watercooling the Max-Ex... using a complete selection of EK waterblocks... including the fabled EK-SB Max-Ex :D another chance to thank Eddie/Giuliano for their fantastic work :clap:

have a look here

Got mine (and my board back) today - looks like it's perfect!
THANKYOU VERY MUCH EDDY :)

Just received my modded block on Sat. Drained and replumbed the GPU/MB loop to add the new block. Temps are now in range with the rest of the board so I'm pleased with it. I'm mildly disappointed in the block I received was simply redrilled and taped next to the original hole instead of a new base. The tread btwn the two holes is very very thin. As I'll probably never take the block off much (Except for cleaning), it should be ok. I have pics I'll have to DL from the camera tonight.

Hiya Guys,
i got mine back a couple of weeks ago (at least) buit only just had the time to mount them, so here are a few pics so far...........
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=179747
They're the last pics
Regards
Lloyd