ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[jonny_ftm]

Finally had time to put my WC on... and I'm pissed: board is bending but it's still overheating (~90C) in idle if I give it ~1.5V... obviously the Storm somehow doesn't work.... what should be the normal idle temperature at stock speed?
I got some ridiculous, 50+ Celsius with water...

I fully agree with what was told to you
- The Storm s**ks with quads, take it or leave it, it is a fact. The difference won't be 20°C though, of course, but it could be, depending on your setup, up to 10°C. remember, most tests used a 150W heat output. A high overclocked Q6600 will reach 220-240W... The new GTX for example was optimized for quad core CPUs

- Your Eheim 1048 is a low end competitor for the LPDC circuit you have. Coupled with your restrictive Storm WB and very restrictive BlackIce Pro, plus a MCW30 and MCW60 like it or not, you have a rather low-mid range WB circuit. Only high end watercooling can outperform high end air cooling. Even your two Eiheim in series won't make it. You'll rather need two MCP655 in series

- Finally, your BlackIce Pro will never handle massive OC, even with two Eiheim in serial, from a Q6600, MCW30 and MCW60

Many people here, with a MCP655 pump, and a PA120.3 fight with heat above 3.6GHz, so don't expect a miracle from your watercooling unless you change the pumps and the WB

Finally, suerely reseating can give you some headroom if the problem is there

I think you'll find they won't fit mate. They are the Type 1 versions and the same as the ones I had. Its definately the Type 2 versions you need but as I have already said I can't get them in the UK. I have since refitted the original Asus mosfet cooler and its running cooler than it was before anyway! I can only assume this is because the rest of the board is better cooled and the mosfets aren't linked up to the NB via the heatpipe...

Here's where you can order type 2:
http://www.pc-cooling.de/VGA-Chipset...9S+Type+2.html

They are in stock and they ship in Europe