ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[Cybertronic]

Is anyone else's motherboard heatsink that located on the top of it, mounted poorly?

[AndyM]

Yep, pretty floppy here too.

[AndyM]

I found the solution to my mosfet heatsink issue...throw it away!

After 3 hours of burning in at 1.55 volts and 3.8 GHz, that top heatsink was just warm, the top edge of the MB was rather hot, and who knows what that heatpipe thing was doing in regards to cooling that area. After that burn in, I took the heatsink assemblies off. On the mosfets the heatsink tape didnt melt in much at all. Only about 50% of the mosfets made marks on the tape. As the heatsink was doing double duty as an airflow killer while not really helping with cooling, I just took them off and am not going to worry about it too much. If anything, removing them might actually help cooling in my application. I have 2 120mm fans blowing down onto the MB, should be better than with that sort-of heatsink the board comes with out of the box...

[Speederlander]

What NB block is that?

[ivo0613]

What NB block is that?

It should be a Swiftech MCW 30.

[Sav]

my results

E6600 - Kingston hyperX 8500@2,45 volt

[Severance]

my results

E6600 - Kingston hyperX 8500@2,45 volt

Wow Thats some nice mem u got there

[Severance]

my results

E6600 - Kingston hyperX 8500@2,45 volt

Sav, Did u boot at 499fsb and use setfsb to 500fsb? if not u should try it prolly net u another 100 marks on everest. This is my mem at 650\5.5.5

[msgclb]

I found the solution to my mosfet heatsink issue...throw it away!

After 3 hours of burning in at 1.55 volts and 3.8 GHz, that top heatsink was just warm, the top edge of the MB was rather hot, and who knows what that heatpipe thing was doing in regards to cooling that area.

I have 2 120mm fans blowing down onto the MB, should be better than with that sort-of heatsink the board comes with out of the box...

From the sig I'm guessing that the Dtek is on the CPU, the EK is on the 8800 GTS, and the Swiftech ? is on the NB. You show both a PA120.3 and PA120.2. Are both of them hooked up? Did you get the tubing from a hardware store or is that how the clear type come (with the numbers)? Could you show how your rads are connected, etc?

While burning in at 1.55v at 3.8 GHz, what was your max CPU and MB temps?

[AndyM]

From the sig I'm guessing that the Dtek is on the CPU, the EK is on the 8800 GTS, and the Swiftech ? is on the NB. You show both a PA120.3 and PA120.2. Are both of them hooked up? Did you get the tubing from a hardware store or is that how the clear type come (with the numbers)? Could you show how your rads are connected, etc?

While burning in at 1.55v at 3.8 GHz, what was your max CPU and MB temps?

Yup, Swiftech's NB block. I like that I was able to use the hardmount kit on this board vs. the spring hook w/RTV Silicone for stability on my old BadAxe board. The hardmount kit is really excellent and solid, I like it. I wasnt really checking temps, just testing whether it was good to see if I would install it for real or return it. So far around that speed and volts I think it's in the high 50's, low 60's with TAT, depending on ambient temperatures and if Orthos is doing a small or large FFT run. I'm still in the process of dialing in a stable max OC with minimum voltages, just got the board in yesterday. A little more on my rig: HERE