Quote Originally Posted by sesdave View Post
The heatsink supplied as standard is suffiecient - SB can only raise it to 1.2v and it doesnt get hot. Better mofsets and NB HS wont do any harm but I think you will find that all on this thread are attempting or are running high FSB on this MB and mainly using the stock cooling setup - reseating with better quality thermal paste is about all I would do and maybe stick a 40mm fan on top of the NB. I didnt bother though - It overclocks very nicely with the stock setup and temps are fine.
Many thanks for your advice. In fact, it was a pain in the a55 to remove the stock cooler, and a much bigger pain to put the HR-05 IFX. The holes for the push pins are not secured like on my P5B deluxe, there are small electronic circuits less than 1mm from the holes
Also, the NB is too close to the RAM banks and PCI-E port, so the HR-05 wont fit unless in a diagonal way. Hopefully I'm on water with a low profile WB, otherwise, no way to cool the NB with the IFX and put a heatsink on the CPU

The DDR2 banks are also too close to the PCI-E slot: no way to mount a RAM cooler without some modding

Finally, the SATA ports are really misplaced: in the way of the PCI-E slot. My 8800 GTS 512 is too long and will cover the SATA ports 1&2. You need an angular SATA cable on these two ports to fit. So, the angle will cover SATA 3&4 ports rendered useless

The CD-analog input is in the path of my 8800 GTS 512 (double slot): it has to be removed or the mb could broke

And, to continue, teh PCI-E slot has a low design, that is, it is a bit more near to the MB edge than on my P5B deluxe. Reseating my pump on the case bottom was a tough thing

The layout is the worst I ever saw in a motherboard

Put you some shots later