Quote Originally Posted by kimandsally View Post
Normally I could put my finger on the heatsink and not feel much heat, now when I do this the heatsink is warm.


This is not good, if the heatsink is now only warm, it means that it is getting less heat into it than before, if it were hotter then it would be doing a better job of getting the heat from the bits on the motherboard.

Check your temps via software to see what they were before and now.

All my temps are fine and my memory is more stable now. In the past I have had issues running 4 x 1GB modules. I had tried adding volts to the fsb and MCH but no difference. Now I have had no issues at all and have actually been able to increase the modules Mhz.

After using a better quality TIM, the motherboard is more stable which means I am very happy with the board now.
Before I was getting pissed with it and was going to RMA, of course a RMA is now out of the question.

As for the warranty when you use a better TIM it will be void, Does this also mean Gigabyte does not support liquid cooling on the Northbridge ??