Quote Originally Posted by mikeyakame View Post
believe it or not, my southbridge runs hotter with as5 than it did the ASUS delivered thermal square mat thing that peeled off! I had to stick a 40mm fan on it!
Improving the contact of the Northbridge seems to actually transmit additional heat through the heatpipe to the Southbridge. So I do not think that one can assume the as5 is not better than the OEM TIM.