Water cooling the Asus Maximus SE X38

[Talonman]

Both your system are looking killer boy's!! I am jealous, but plan on catching up some day.

Just curious, has anybody lapped the IHS on their NB?

Tal, did your package come today my friend?

I have not seen anybody lap their IHS yet...

No package, it turnes out my Paypal transaction was an unregistered one with EK. I needed to click 'Return to merchant' after completing the Visa/Paypal step. I have contacted Eddy at EK, and am 100% sure now, that my order has been processed.

The up side is that now I will be receiving the new correct ring for the NB to fit the Maximus correctly. I do love that entire idea, and am dwelling on that happy thought, to offset my 27 day little life lesson.

The truth is I was planning on getting a new GTS from EVGA, and then using the 90 day step up program to get a faster card shortly there after. After buying Vista 64 Ultimate, I began dipping into my GPU money a tad. I think now that my build has been posponed this long, I probably will just get the super fast GPU I really wanted right off the bat. No stepup any more. I am hard at work generating more blow money, so I can get exactly what I want with no compromise.

In a twisted way, this delay might have helped me out?

I am going to do my level best, to build the system I always wanted. A NB block that has EK's sexyness, with a correct fit, and mabey a 9 series enthusiast card will now be part of the plan.

I do have my 8600GT if I want to just plug something in there to get up and running. I will have to see how it all works out in the end.

I am back to being in good spirits agan, and my tail has returned to wagging high in the air.