Quote Originally Posted by NLight95 View Post
Has anyone replaced the nb heatsink with a Thermalright HR-05?

Or how about a Thermaltake ES II?

If so, then what are your results?

I'm wondering if the aforementioned coolers would would be more effective than the stock Formula heatsink with a 40m fan. I used these coolers on my old ICFX3200 and still have them hanging around.

Also, are there any issues with mounting a Tuniq Tower on the non-SE version of this board?
Here's a review comparing the most known NB coolers

http://mickaeln2006.free.fr/index.ph...1&limitstart=2

The ES II s**ks. In that test, the HR-05 and Noctua are passive, while the ES II is active. There are reviews showing also an improvement in the IFX model and furthermore if you add a fan for active cooling

The HR-05 IFX will be better than stock. The ES II, I can't say. But, on thermalright site, only the IFX version is shown to be compatible with X38 chipset, sadely


Quote Originally Posted by cadaveca View Post

Consider it verified. Is not specific to voltage tho...it's current related. Once your cpu draws too much power... I get the same from B3 and G0, but G0 requires "phase-change only" voltages before reaching comparable power consumption to my B3.
Yep, thanks for having verified it. This really makes the board useless on a Q6600 for real OC'ers


Quote Originally Posted by safan80 View Post
prime full load here. 1.54 vcore. you guys know how to change the apps' priority right?

I'm not having any trouble. with my Qx9650 or my qx6700(minus the fact that it's a b3).
I agree with cadaveca, you should read some other topics and be sure when you post. We're talking about a Q6600 chipset, not a 45nm yorkie or a QX6700. Also, people who verified it are far from being noobs. This issue was verified by many users if you follow the initial threads. And finally, GAR migrated to the Gigabyte X38 chipset, and didn't have that issue anymore, neither he had it with the P35 board.
And, of course, my P5B deluxe doesn't show any issue with either my B3 or G0 Q6600 chips.

So, please, don't post such affirmations as "should be user error". You can just propose us to increase priority, which we'll tell you we did make :-) (no bad feelings)