Quote Originally Posted by zanzabar View Post
yah it looks like there shouldent have been the 4 mounting holes from the base to the pot that way u wouldent have to take the HP off and u could use whatever

also if i took off the thermal tape from the mosfet would it still make contact it since looks like it compresses the tape alot. and with the dfi my pwms dropped by like 10c with mx2 over the clay goop and they look vary similar but with a different controller

also can i get a sticky and or am3 sample

edit - and not really related but what do the holes on the side of the NB pot do
yes, thats why we reworked the whole thing for BloodRage
There you can change the cooling all the time without having to take anything apart, just remove the top screws and you can switch between air and water and extreme cooling

id def keep the thermal pad on the pwm heatsink!
Those digital pwm mosfets are way sensitive and break easily, not to mention that when you mount a heatsink the pcb will bend slightly, if it bends too much and there is no thermal pad to compensate for it, the center pwm mosfets will lose contact to the heatsink and overheat. thats what happened on some dfi boards iirc.

once this guide is done ill move it to the guides and tweaks section if you want

am3... wait a bit for that, afaik amd will only really push am3 from summer onwards once their 890 chipset is out, and there is no big perf boost from ddr3 anyways, so if you want to play with 45nm amd, just go and do it now
but id recommend you to wait a bit until prices came down, they are a bit high right now imo, almost 300$... i think they will drop in a few weeks to 250 or so.

regarding the holes, those are for adding another heatpipe with fins for improved aircooling, in the end it helped little and wasnt worth it so it was never included.