Quote Originally Posted by Wallynut View Post
The northbridge was paste but MOFETS and Southbridge is a thermal pad.
I also had the same concern about contact so I did a test first by installing the copper then removing to see if everything is touching as desired.

Looked fine as the copper had TIM residue on it.
Hmm...well there has been some discussion about how Gigabyte says the warranty is void if the crazy cool plate is removed. I imagine the same would apply if you replace the stock TIM with better stuff. That is one heck of a crummy warranty if they void it for those reasons...I just wonder how true it is.

Jared