Quote Originally Posted by SteveRo View Post
the bad news is my 980 does not seem to be reacting well to the cold - not overclocking nearly as well as I was expecting. looks like I will be lucky to get 5.2 stable.

Still playing around with the evap to 980 mounting - since I am a newbie - that could be the problem.

Any advice on how to make sure I am getting good connectivity?
How tight should I crank down on the screws?
FYI - using ceramique
How are you spreading the paste? This is crucial. Ceramique is the way to go or you could try the Indigo Xtreme that is much better then anything else but requires a perfect cure time/mount.

Plus the evap head should be no where but the exact CENTER of the IHS...

I have somewhere a mod to ad between the IHS and the Cascade evap head to hold better loads (I can't find it right now but it's basically a pure high grade cooper square that sits on top of the IHS entire surface with thermal paste). I will try to find this info for ya.

Don't expect much OC running Linx 20 passes because that will "kill" your cascade when running above 5.2ghz and big volts <- it's normal Steve.

I will hook mine up again soon and we can compare OC's