Quote Originally Posted by vladimir View Post
I was going to say that the Fusion block itself is way to heavy to be just aluminum. Since I'm not going to move to liquid anytime soon, I yanked mine off and replaced it with a EnzoTech CNB-S1, sorta figured it had to be better than that hunk of metal for cooling. Drilled two extra holes in the CNB-S1, lopped off the extra from the mounting ears, applied a bit of MX-2 and used the factory screws to attach it.

The next step may be an EnzoTech SLF-1 on the southbridge, a Swiftech MCX159-CU on the northbridge and ENZOTECH MST-81 on the mosfets. Gointg to see how the temps are with the modified heat pipe monstrosity first.
Yeah it has a lot of weight to it. I am seeing temps in the 35-45C range full load on my NB, so Its at least working better than air. It seems that ambient has a larger factor on my NB than my CPU under water. Maybe one of these days I'll put independant blocks on the NB/SB but im satisfied for now. I have both video cards the motherboard, and CPU in one loop and temps are good so far. CPU showing 55C in core temp full load, so im feelin pretty good. Debating on going with a water chiller or maybe somthing more exotic like a SS, but I'm having trouble finding an affordable one avaliable in the USA that would hold up to my QX9650. I would love 5ghz 24-7 but maybe its just out of reach.