Quote Originally Posted by Zeus View Post
Simply rediculous for a board with a price tag like this one!

I experienced something similar, there's no contact with the NB heatspreader at the side of the coils/pwm's.

I'm still waiting for bitspower to finish their block.
Zeus, I'm sitting here shaking my head constantly wondering why the hell a board that costs so much, has so little compound on the parts that need it and so little contact pressure. It's outrageous. I've never spent this much on a board before and yet with this board I've spent the most time and effort on it. I really want to ditch it and get a Gigabyte, but I don't know how good or bad they are, maybe that's just another barrel of problems, who knows.

Quote Originally Posted by rob2k View Post
Hi Aln688 - On a bit of a mission tonight so will have more time in the morning - there are passive N/B heatsinks available from Noctua and Thermalright that still allow for a decent sized CPU H/S to be installed. If you search this thread I think 3oh6 has had some impressive results with the Noctua one. It just means fitting the small EK sinks to the other components (see my avatar pic).

ATB R2K
No problem Rob2k, you seem experienced in such matters, I appreciate any advice you have. I've made an executive decision, I'm going to rip off the HPA (Heat Pipe Assembly) and go with Enzotech copper heatsinks. I need help from the community here determining which heatsinks I need for which components. The components I think I need to buy heatsinks for are:

* Northbridge
* Southbridge
* MOSFETs
* Three large chokes (next to silver Fujitsu chip)
* MOSFETs one row to left of CPU socket
* MOSFETs one row along top of CPU socket

I see Sidewindercomputers has a good range of coolers, problem is, I look at them and don't have a clue if they'll fit my board. FYI, I'm not watercooling, just air for now.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/memandvidcar.html