3930k COOLING LOOP

whyscotty said:
I might have to get the new EK one, atleast most of it will be covered :)
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This is my WIP the tubing around the memory/CPU is a bit tight.

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I have also found I don't like the corsair fans and have only used 1, the mounting screws sink into the rubber mounts and on into the rads if not careful.

Has the above mobo got the sort of coverage you are looking for. I have noticed there is now nothing to the left of the ram slots where there used to be a heatsink.
 
That style of block looks better when fitted, might go for that one :)

Appreciate the photo's, looks very nice :cool:

Apparently that heatsink to the left of the Ram served no purpose,
according to most of the reviews I read
 
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Heatsink to the left is part of the vrm heatsink, it's not actually touching anything just an extension to increase surface area :)
 
Make sure you cool the back of the VRM/MOSFET heatsink. Quite an annoying issue with the Sabertooth and RIVE. I glued a heatsink to the back of mine using AS Epoxy stuff.
 
Do you mean the plate on the back of the board that retains the VRM/MOFSET heatsink or the heatsink itself ?

I've got the Koolance blocks fitted on my RIVE and it retains the plate/thermal pads on the back of the board behind the VRM/MOFSETS so wondered if that's what you are cooling.
 
Rossi~ said:
Make sure you cool the back of the VRM/MOSFET heatsink. Quite an annoying issue with the Sabertooth and RIVE. I glued a heatsink to the back of mine using AS Epoxy stuff.
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So even after fitting a mobo waterblock,
the back of the mofsets is still going to need cooling?

DavidS14 said:
Do you mean the plate on the back of the board that retains the VRM/MOFSET heatsink or the heatsink itself ?

I've got the Koolance blocks fitted on my RIVE and it retains the plate/thermal pads on the back of the board behind the VRM/MOFSETS so wondered if that's what you are cooling.
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I thought that plate is what cooled the back of the mofsets :confused:
 
DavidS14 said:
Do you mean the plate on the back of the board that retains the VRM/MOFSET heatsink or the heatsink itself ?

I've got the Koolance blocks fitted on my RIVE and it retains the plate/thermal pads on the back of the board behind the VRM/MOFSETS so wondered if that's what you are cooling.
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Yes, the back plate of the VRM/MOSFETs. It get's extremely hot and on the RIVE it has a part of the VRM underneath it, the Sabertooth doesn't.

8 Pack can explain in more detail. Will see if i can fish out the pictures.

Edit: http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?16100-VRM-water-block....-uneffective/page3

As you can see in the first picture, the backplate has what looks to be, MOSFETs underneath it.

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whyscotty said:
So even after fitting a mobo waterblock,
the back of the mofsets is still going to need cooling?
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It's recommended, a lot of people do it. As you can see, it's not just a backplate on this board, it actually covers some FETs.
Run a benchmark or stress test and touch that "backplate" and feel how hot it gets.
 
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whyscotty said:
@Rossi

Thanks for the heads up on the fan,

as for touching something that gets hot

NO NO NO NO NO NO :p
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Maybe don't go so far as slapping a fan on it, maybe for heavy benching and pushing to the max but generally i advise sticking a/some small heatsink/s to it.
 
I like it when the courier is on time :D


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Just waiting on a few more bits and bobs from OCUK.

Backplates are on their way from Germany. :)

I thought ppl were joking when they said that the
blocks are heavy, these are heavy :eek:

They looked good in the pictures and they look good in the flesh :D
 
Rossi~ said:
It's recommended, a lot of people do it. As you can see, it's not just a backplate on this board, it actually covers some FETs.
Run a benchmark or stress test and touch that "backplate" and feel how hot it gets.
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Just for some info after reading the ROG thread and Rossi~'s comments I checked my Koolance block
Back of RIVE in 800D
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Contact points on current thermal pads (some areas show no contact :eek:) the Asus thermal pads look good though.
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New slightly thicker (0.75mm up from 0.5mm) pads on block, these gave full contact.
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Thinking about adding these to the backplate as they have thermal adhesive pads.
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The Asus thermal pad is thicker and softer than the EK pads (which is what I used as a replacement) but I think it's worth mounting then removing the VRM/MOFSET cooling to check for contact with the pads.

I didn't do this but as mine is still part built it was easy to check, glad I did so props to Rossi~

The heatsinks are from a universal GPU waterblock kit I got a while ago but didn't use.
 
I bought a 1mm thermal pad strip after reading what Rossi(top man) said,
just to make sure

Just about to strip the mobo apart and put the block on,
amazing how all of a sudden I've got the shakes :eek:
 
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