Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[Mezzro]

Why did you use one 1/2" compression fitting?
Very nice temps but are you able to remove the block that's cooling the vrm's - ever?

Thanks, Zeus. Yes, use of Arctic Alumina adhesive on that one block makes it a permanent fixture. LOL. Although, in the past, I've been able to remove heatsinks afixed using AA with some care.

The use of only one compression fitting was two fold:
(1) It's a relatively new Bitspower product and I wanted to test it before more widely adopting it in the loop(s).
(2) I use it there because I'm using the VR wblock to 'step up' from 3/8" ID to 1/2" ID Tygon for the VGA portion of the second loop, resulting in higher PSI. I have 1/2" ID Tygon running to and from the loop (from pump/to rad) and to cool the VGAs. I use 3/8" runs between chipsets and FETS because 1/2" gets too cluttered, kinks easily, etc.

The first loop cools only the quad core CPU. I find one designated loop for FETs/NB/VGA is more than sufficient. I have two triple rad's in the base of the case, one for each loop, plus a single rad located at the upper case rear interior (adjacent to exhaust fan). Temps on the four 4870 X2 GPU diodes is on or about 35C.