ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[iadstudio]

65C runs fine here check the pics I posted.

so maybe my temp expectations for this chipset were off, huh. I don
t feel like finding Intel's whitepaper on the x38 to find the "official" temp recomendations so have to go by what I hear. Anybody know what Intels recomendations are for the x38?

BTW. It doesn't seem like it's worth it to pop the heatsink off and reset with a better TIM or even a better cooler.

[safan80]

BTW. It doesn't seem like it's worth it to pop the heatsink off and reset with a better TIM or even a better cooler.

it is if you use an mcw30 on it. you can check the water section to see.

[mouawad]

so maybe my temp expectations for this chipset were off, huh. I don
t feel like finding Intel's whitepaper on the x38 to find the "official" temp recomendations so have to go by what I hear. Anybody know what Intels recomendations are for the x38?

BTW. It doesn't seem like it's worth it to pop the heatsink off and reset with a better TIM or even a better cooler.

i've removed the heatsink on 2 boards now, they come off pretty easy with a hairdryer to heat up the gunk. some gentle lateral twisting and you shouldn't be in danger of removing the NB

i put a mcw30 onto mine and get ~31c under load with 1.5v - it's well worth it if you have a water loop running anyway.

[Darkstormz]

i've removed the heatsink on 2 boards now, they come off pretty easy with a hairdryer to heat up the gunk. some gentle lateral twisting and you shouldn't be in danger of removing the NB

i put a mcw30 onto mine and get ~31c under load with 1.5v - it's well worth it if you have a water loop running anyway.

Did you just remove the heatpipe thing, or did you remove the IHS too on the northbridge? The big grey one that looks like Intel CPU IHS.

[TheSamurai]

anybody try installing LINUX and was actually successful?!?!?!

[jacek]

anybody try installing LINUX and was actually successful?!?!?!

yes, kubuntu linux successfully installed. Works fine

[mouawad]

Did you just remove the heatpipe thing, or did you remove the IHS too on the northbridge? The big grey one that looks like Intel CPU IHS.

i didn't remove the IHS, don't want to neither it's a godsend for waterblocks.

[iadstudio]

i've removed the heatsink on 2 boards now, they come off pretty easy with a hairdryer to heat up the gunk. some gentle lateral twisting and you shouldn't be in danger of removing the NB

i put a mcw30 onto mine and get ~31c under load with 1.5v - it's well worth it if you have a water loop running anyway.

I think I'll wait til I have a quad on this thing and verify that my nb temps are holding me back. Right now my chip has a reasonable limit to it and pushing this board hasn't been a problem. I have an OCZ ram cooler so the nb gets plenty of air anyways. We'll see, but id on't plan on taking another nb heatsink off unless i have to. Bedes, I kinda like all that copper. It looks good in my case