Core i7-965, Rampage 2 Extreme & 4870 X2 CrossFireX

[Sampsa]

I managed to add Kingpin's F1 Dragon EE mounting bracket to my dear rotary cascade's evaporator.



Testing contact between evaporator and IHS.



The result was VERY bad



Lapping IHS



Hmm... also evaporator was lapped and contact is now perfect.



Insulating around Asus Rampage 2 Extreme's LGA1366 socket with Armaflex.





Evaporator insulated and mounted on Core i7-965.



Unfortunately -110C is too cold to this 3830A batch CPU. Cold boot issues, BSOD and Vista not loading

Anyway, I'm ready for Core i7 so now I just need to get good chip

[T_Flight]

Testing contact between evaporator and IHS.



The result was VERY bad

Owweee. I don't wanna cast a cloud on Intel's moment of glory, but that really is bad. That is concavity right in the middle where the cores are.

I don't wanna be captain obvious here, but that is pretty bad. It would be nice if Intel would true these up before the laser ethcing process. Not even air can cool properly if it doesn;t have a proper TI.

[Sampsa]

Owweee. I don't wanna cast a cloud on Intel's moment of glory, but that really is bad. That is concavity right in the middle where the cores are.

I don't wanna be captain obvious here, but that is pretty bad. It would be nice if Intel would true these up before the laser ethcing process. Not even air can cool properly if it doesn;t have a proper TI.

Part of this was also my evaporator's fault.. now IHS and evap are both lapped and contact is perfect.