M3A79-T NB Liquid Cooling

[cdnbum88]

What are folks doing with their NB cooling on this mobo?

Also, can you take out just the NB piece or is the unit a single item with the SB and Mosfet?

[nanohead]

What are folks doing with their NB cooling on this mobo?

Also, can you take out just the NB piece or is the unit a single item with the SB and Mosfet?

Hey, sorry, I kept sitting down to answer you, and kept getting distracted.

I cooled everything with liquid. The NB/Mosfet unit is one piece. Gotta squeeze those annoying self spreading connectors from the bottom.

I'm not sure whether the SB really needed liquid, and in retrospect, I could have used a decent low profile air cooler on it. The NB is the one that is super hot. The cooling on the Mosfet is a Koolance block with their large "cold plate". Seems to get the job done.

I posted a picture of the blocks installed. Hope it helps

[cdnbum88]

I thought I saw in one picture that someone put the NB block right on the existing copper system?? Could I have seen that right?

So I assume the copper piece over all the areas is one unit and when you take one off you take them all off?

I was hoping to only to do the NB since I know it gets toasty and leave the other copper units there if they where individual parts.

I could use an Enzotech for the SB like I did on my 680i. And just use ram sticks for the mosfet.

[felix_w]

nanohead, the MVR plate for the mosfets is the 107.5mm one ?
Does it fit exactly ?Meaning from-mosfet-to-mosfet, or does it leave out a bit on any mosfet ?

The block seems to me the -40 , correct?

nice setup...

[nanohead]

I thought I saw in one picture that someone put the NB block right on the existing copper system?? Could I have seen that right?

So I assume the copper piece over all the areas is one unit and when you take one off you take them all off?

I was hoping to only to do the NB since I know it gets toasty and leave the other copper units there if they where individual parts.

I could use an Enzotech for the SB like I did on my 680i. And just use ram sticks for the mosfet.

Nah... I don't think that woulda worked. The whole thing is one piece. It takes a bit of work to get it off. The PWMs get nice and toasty too for sure. And yes, I bought the Enzotech and was gonna use it, but had an extra DD NB/SB block so stupidly decided to use it, making my manifolding far more complicated.... sometimes I really piss myself off at myself

nanohead, the MVR plate for the mosfets is the 107.5mm one ?
Does it fit exactly ?Meaning from-mosfet-to-mosfet, or does it leave out a bit on any mosfet ?

The block seems to me the -40 , correct?

nice setup...

Thanks.... Yes, that is the long plate. It does fit exactly, with not a mm to spare. it needs to touch the mobo power connector, but fortunately, it leaves enough room for the connector. Yep, its the -40. I don't think they had the -100 when I did it (I could be wrong, it is probably a better idea to use that)

[cdnbum88]

Are their 'Asus' brand mosfet or NB cooling options?

Looking on some websites you see Asus Maximus and 790i and so on with their specific cooling options.

[cdnbum88]

Finally got around to getting my NB EK NB/SB ASUS 4 - Acetal unit.

My question is when I remove the stock NB/SB/Mosfet unit from my Asus board, the NB chip is just a tiny chip and then there are a whole bunch of smaller little connections. On the stock cooler it had a square pad around the edge that would not come off, so I left it.

Do I need to work about those little units, or just the chip itself?

[LC_Nab]

cdnbum whats the model of the NB EK waterblock ? or is it the same NB/SB Asus 4 for both SB and NB ?

And the whats model for the mosfets ?

[cdnbum88]

It is the EK Asus 4 - Acetal.

For the mosfets I just used the Enzotech individual copper cubes.

[LC_Nab]

Is this the one you use to cool the mosfets : http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=24478 ?

[cdnbum88]

Is this the one you use to cool the mosfets : http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=24478 ?

Actually I bought the Enzotech invidiual copper spikes and then the Enzotech low profile for the SB.

But if I could like noted earlier in thread, plop te NB water block right on top of the NB and leave the stock SB/Mosfet, I could be happy to try it.

[Halk]

I'm using my existing AC Twinplex blocks on the NB and SB, I have a low profile one for the SB since it might interfere with the graphics card. For the mosfet I've ordered a block from Anfi-tec, but I'm still waiting it arriving. Which is a or I'd be building the thing now :P

[felix_w]

Halk : the Anfi-Tec mosfet block is custom-made or you have ordered one from the catalog ?