Asus Maximus Formula...does it fit?

ICEx21 · 14 Feb 2008 at 16:35

Does anyone have this mobo and do you know if a thermalright ultra extreme 120 blah blah or the tuniq tower fits onto this? I've heard conflicting stories where some people haven't had a problem with it and some people had to modify the thermalright to get it too fit.
Any help would be much appreciated.

hardc0re_tid · 14 Feb 2008 at 18:50

tuniq fits, i would liek to think that the thermalright fits too

Amidar · 14 Feb 2008 at 18:51

The Thermalright fits fine

Speirs · 15 Feb 2008 at 16:40

ICEx21 said:
Does anyone have this mobo and do you know if a thermalright ultra extreme 120 blah blah or the tuniq tower fits onto this? I've heard conflicting stories where some people haven't had a problem with it and some people had to modify the thermalright to get it too fit.
Any help would be much appreciated.

I have the board and the Tuniq Tower http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-001-SB&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821
It fits the board but I had to take the 80 mm fan mounting off on the side cover, it's a Cooler Master Stacker case.
So make sure that it will fit in your case.
Speirs.

this_is_gav · 16 Feb 2008 at 21:45

TR Ultra Extreme 120 does fit mine, but I can see why there might be reports of it not as if I have the HS fan facing the rear IO ports, one of the heatpipes is rather close to the northbridge cooler (~2-3mm). Still, there's nothing to stop you bending a couple of the fins on the northbridge and it won't impact cooling at all I wouldn't imagine.

Personally I'm rather disappointed with yet another northbridge cooler on an ASUS motherboard, and have just ordered a TR HR-05 SLI to replace it. You're paying £150 for a motherboard so you'd expect some pretty decent cooling from it.