Heads Up on P5W DH - NB/SB Cooling

[davefr]

It may not be obvious to everyone, but Asus put some clear protective plastic on top of the NB and SB heatsinks to protect the finish.

It's hard to detect unless you know it's there and I didn't see any sticker telling users to peel it off.

Leaving it on is hardly beneficial from a cooling standpoint.

Peel it off!! (The NB/SB heatsinks actually have a mirror finish when exposed)

[freecableguy]

take the whole cover off, see my board here:

[Mykou]

Hi FCG

Is it safe to take all the covers off that way ?
Did you gain some degrees just doing that ?

[davefr]

take the whole cover off, see my board here:

Is the cover strictly for asthetics or is there some heat dissipation benefit with it's surface area.

[veryhumid]

wow! they actually look useful without the covers on. do you just give them a pull?

[gocchin]

Taking the covers off will actually allow the air to pass through the fins on each heatsink... the covers are pretty but they're more for looks than anything.

[Donni]

SB before:



SB after:



The SB is not Plain !

And for the NB , one 60mm Papst :



Sry for my Bad English :P

EDIT: my Conroe Pimp

[Wonkers]

Woot my account has been activated!

Anyhoo. I imagine that those covers keep dust out of the heatsinks for us normal users. I have an old 800mhz celeron that had the NB fully plugged with disgusting dust. Nice to know you can take those covers off though.