Quote Originally Posted by eva2000 View Post
Just received my Asus Rampage Extreme for some LGA775 action, but noticed the mosfet heatsink on the top side between the cpu fan header and 8pin ATX power connector is slight raised on the outer edge so that the outer edge of the mosfet heatsink doesn't touch the board.

I installed an OCZ Vendetta 2 heatsink with push pins for quick air testing before phase change, and when Vendetta 2 is installed that out edge mosfet heatsink in question bows a bit more so centre of heatsink lifts up even more off the motherboard.

Is this normal ?
I wouldn't call it "normal" but when I took my board out of the box it was like a twisted frisbee. Hardly any of the heat sinks made contact at all. I was really worried that some of the traces might be compromised. On a flat surface it looked terrible. Quite a few pages back in this thread are the discussions concerning the whole heat pipe arrangement of the board and peoples dis-satisfaction with it. I've resorted to taking the entire heat sink assembly off and using after market WB, etc. I've fixed it down with stand offs to my bench rig and it works flawlessly. Hope I answered your question, & this board in your hands should allow for some sIcK FSB action. Looking forward to your results!!