Live MB OC Report :: ASUS Rampage Extreme

[aln688]

the NC-U6 works fine as would the HR-05 but you will need active cooling with either one IMO. there is just too much heat being dumped by the x48 chipset that either one without a fan would struggle.

Really? So a fan really is needed as well? I spent time looking into the NB heatsink and the Thermalright HR-05 IFX has provision for an 80mm fan. Looks like I'll be needing it then. Yet another fan, I hope my PC doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner when I switch it on! Do you use water cooling or a NB air heatsink?

oh, and if time is your only hangup on heat sinking the chokes near the NB...spend the 30 seconds to peel a backing off heat sinks and sticking them on

Ha ha, I was thinking of potentially having to cut the copper heatsink in half and match it up with a whole one to get full coverage over all three chokes. I think I have time in my busy schedule to peel the backing off some thermal tape...

Thanks again, your heatsink motherboard picture explains a lot regarding which heatsinks get used where.