@shazza: Thanks shazza! I try to take it slow and be careful. Still I have made a few mistakes, not big ones and most could be fixed
Btw, your paint job on the Pearl looks great!

@eponymous: Thanks! Looking forward to more updates on your build


Quote Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun View Post
builds coming along nicely!
In the heatsinks is actually a gas, so I hope you were'nt breathing in at the time. . .
Oh, is that gas dangerous?

Quote Originally Posted by CptDreadFlint View Post
Haven't found a "proper" way to test RAM temps, but I am prone to ghetto rigging. I once stuck thermal sensors and read the temps off an old fan controller. Uncertain as to how accurate this method yields but I reasoned that it couldn't be that far off.

But great progress, Winston! Dig seeing another XS member outfitting the same board as me with success.
Ty Cpt!
That would work to see how good the RC cool the memory when painted.
To bad I don't have any idea to get the original ram sink off

Got this reply from Corsair when I asked them how to remove the Dominator DDR3 heat sink:

Quote Originally Posted by Corsair Technical Support
We do not suggest removing the heatsinks on these modules are they are hard glued onto the IC chips. Pulling the heatsinks apart may pull the chips off as well.


I Have been away on vacation in Greece this weekend but hope to get some work done in the next few days =)
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