Quote Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue View Post
how did you re-fasten the heatpipe to the board after doing the mod?...i hope not the original plastic push pins that came on the board!?...that is what it looks like from your picture...i see white plastic tops to those pins...am i wrong?

you look like you have room for at least one 80mm fan...you can use 60mm if you like as long as they push some CFM's.

my system temp is around 30C...i think that sensor is close to the NB and maybe you do not have that firmly seated on the NB chipset...i also have a 70mm (taped to the board) sitting in front (between VC and NB heatsink) of the NB blowing air onto the NB heatsink...the only thing is that the VC is an 8800 GTS which gets damn warm, even on the backside...don't know if the that 70mm is much help taking very warm air coming off from the VC and blowing it onto NB heatsink.
yep its the original plastic thingies, i didn't think it would make THAT much of a different since it mounted on quite tightly... or at least it looked like it did. Do you think that could be the problem here? If so, /off to homedepot! ><