Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[nanohead]

I've just ordered this board and just wanted to know if there are any waterblocks that fit the nb/sb and mosfets.
Also wanted to know if watercooling the chipset is even worth it.
Like if the PWM's and NB temps get really hot like on the DFI's.

I'm gonna do that for sure. Especially the PWM section, its pretty hot, and it gets really hot in my room from all these incremental heaters that I have.

I'm gonna use the Koolance universal with the plates. Looks like their 107mm will fit perfectly. I'll probably do the NB also, but use an enzotech copper heatsink for the SB, as it doesn't get that hot. For the NB, I had some danger den and zalman water blocks sitting around not getting used. The NB and SB are standard 52mm mounting, so just about everything will fit it. The FETs use a "standard" Asus config, but I'm not sure if any of the Asus specific blocks from EK, etc., will fit as the board is too new. The koolance is a much better approach anyway. I hate buying water blocks that only fit one thing. Way too expensive for those of us who upgrade every few months!!!

A TON of heat comes from the PWM section, which is just like the DFI. Also the same thing with the 4850s that I have in tri Crossfire. I'm actually thinking of switching to 4870s because they don't seem to produce as much heat in the power section judging by the look of the coolers, which don't have a sink on the FETs like the 4850s do.

Also gonna get a Zalman 850W PS to cool down and *quiet* down my rig. Using a Thermaltake toughpower 750 now and when it spins up to around 400 watts, I feel like I'm sitting on the wing of an ATR-72 turboprop.

Heat and noise,..... heat and noise. my enemies