Bah I need my second HD 5850 to be shipped out and then I can put everything together and see what temps I would get on the VREG with the paste instead of the pads.

By the way, Gabe, the first Komodo I received is brand new but kinda beat up. There are scratches on the acetal, loose pieces of metal from machining, and part of the base is not even chrome plated. I do not have a camera handy right now to take a pic but that's pretty iffy QC.

I've already cleaned up the loose metal pieces and the scratches on the acetal are not the end of the world, but the plating, I'm wondering how that one got missed.