Water cooling the Asus Maximus SE X38

[Exahertz]

just figured id point this out, look at how little contact area the TIM is making to the stock NB heatpipe cooler

[systemviper]

just figured id point this out, look at how little contact area the TIM is making to the stock NB heatpipe cooler

BAM, love that pic, So much surface, so little contact

I will be pulling out the heatgun and taking that off and reapplying it with Arctic Alumina Thermal Compound and my favorite Artic Silver Céramique

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[Exahertz]

I will be pulling out the heatgun and taking that off

i tried removing the stock WB with heat and wasnt very secessful. Its a very brittel glue like (Epoxy maybe) substance that won't even come off with acetone when heated with a butane torch. just feels like sand paper now.

if you look real close to the aluminium heat sink you will see pri marks from ware i had to use a chisel and a hammer to wedge inbetween them and pop them apart which i do not recomend doing while that sink is still attached to the chipset

i just wanted the Fusion block as a desk ornament