Quote Originally Posted by Bobsama View Post
What are you using to insulate, jcool? I heard that the artist erasers--the pliable rubber ones--are the best choice and don't leave residue.
No rubber here
1 layer of armaflex tape on front & back of the mobo around the socket, 3 layers of neoprene gaskets that are made to fit the socket on top. Evap head presses down on those 4 layers --> completely airtight. I run 24/7 without any vaseline, rubber, dielectric grease and whatever nasty stuff most people use. No condensation here, plus I can swap CPUs in like 2 minutes without having to clean up more than the thermal grease

My SS unit is tuned for high load, not low temps tho... so I usually run "only" -30C loaded and it's never below -39C...

Quote Originally Posted by S_B
The P5Q is not a great overclocker, but it probably consumes less electricity than my other crunchers.
What do you mean exactly, when you say your P5Q DLX is a bad clocker?
I used one recently for a customer's build and was very impressed. No trouble running an E8500 at FSB 500, along with 8GB of ram @ 1100Mhz without using any high voltages (1,18V VTT, 1,4V MCH, 2V Vdimm).
Almost no Vdroop which is great, only thing that annoyed me is the lack of voltage displays in bios