Quote Originally Posted by astrodanco View Post
I have not added a water block to mine, but I have removed the heatsink and replaced the thermal pad found there with well spread out MX-2. I have also added the supplied standoffs and a 40mm fan to the heatsink as specified in the motherboard manual.

Bare heatsink:



Fan on heatsink:

Intresting, did you noticed any improvements in overclocking or stability?
Or perhaps it wont get so hot that it's a problem even without fan.
It's aluminium right?