Hi guys, another update!

Cable sleeving is an ongoing process, should be done soon.

In the meantime my waterblocks were FINALLY delivered so I could construct the motherboard

I started by removing the original heatsink which was a real pain in the ass considering Asus' wonderful sticky TIM which held the heatsinks like glue to the NB/SB.

I finally got the original off, here are the results!



Nice and clean chips! I applied Ceramique to the NB/SB (was running out of AS5, boo) and prepared my EK RE2 version 2 Motherboard block. Looks quite a nice finish, although needed a quick clean before I put it on.



The block was difficult to apply, was definately a 2 man job but we got it done!



Next we cleaned up and attached the Mosfet blocks, which was a fairly simple process. I was a bit disappointed with the tolerances on these blocks, the fit was a bit too tight for my liking, and the blocks sit very close to the square chips that surround the CPU. Nevertheless, the blocks seem to sit ok, without too much pressure on the surrounding chips to be worried about.



You can probably see the brain of the PC in place, my wonderful i7 930 CPU sitting ready!

And finally... the EK Supreme HF CPU block is in place!



Phew, what a difficult job, but at least its done! Cable sleeving will be done for the end of the week, and then the pipework will be finished, and rigorous leak testing will commence for at least a day Nearly there!

Thanks for checking in!