Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[aln688]

Well Rob2k (and others), you were right. To double check I took off my heatpipe assembly just to check it was making contact, here is what I found:





...this was AFTER I already removed it, applied good quality thermal compound to the NB, SB and MOSFET chips and had re-installed it. I could hardly believe my eyes. About 70% of the NB chip wasn't even touching the copper.

I did notice that some of the "pillars" on the bottom of this heatpipe assembly touch the board (via the rubber washer), where some didn't. I'm furious that a board of this cost is so sloppily engineered so far as the heatpipe assembly.

I'm unsure how to proceed from here, I'm not really wanting to water cool. I suppose I could try the washer mod as mentioned before, problem is, I don't think ALL pillars or holes in this heatpipe assembly need a washer, ugh.