ahh... i think i'll go and buy my dental floss and see if that would go through the paste for me

but first im waiting for my SE maximus to arrive... it will be saturday prolly, if they do saturday deliveries

btw it seems that eastcoasthandle had the same idea about cooling the block to get it off... its a pretty standard method anyways, now that i think of it... i thought that condensation and moisture on the board wouldnt hurt it, as long as you let it dry completely before you pass electricity through it?

that mips waterblock kit looks very very nice, but my existing watercooling system is 1/2" , so otherwise i would have stuck with my non-SE board and spent abit more money on those blocks... i dont get like, why people buy the SE boards just to install aftermarket waterblocks, dont they save some money by buying a standard maximus since they cost abit less than the SE's ?