NB Block for Rampage Formula

1kiwi · 9 Sep 2008 at 08:25

As above - how hard is it too fit and which water block can i use

gary996 · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:22

wont you have to remove all the heatsinks as they are all joined together?

1kiwi · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:51

gary996 said:
wont you have to remove all the heatsinks as they are all joined together?

Yep

I assume that i can get individual passive blocks for the south bridge etc. Are you not WCing yours mate? Does your's get really hot?

gary996 · 9 Sep 2008 at 17:36

No not done mine yet. Its something I will look at in the near future. Got mea 4870x2 coming today and want to get the EK block for that first. Then I will look at the chipset etc

1kiwi · 9 Sep 2008 at 18:19

gary996 said:
No not done mine yet. Its something I will look at in the near future. Got mea 4870x2 coming today and want to get the EK block for that first. Then I will look at the chipset etc

Oh ok, i just got my full cover for the 4870, not cheep huh

pastymuncher · 9 Sep 2008 at 19:07

Your heatpipe contraption is very similar to mine. It is actually in two pieces. SB to NB and above the mosfets. The other half is an L shape one covering the mosfets. There is no need to remove that one. I have'nt and mine is fine. If you have used the board you will have "fun" trying to remove the heatsinks from the NB and SB. Asus uses a epoxy type TIM which actually glues them to the chipsets. I did mine as soon as i got it and still had to use a hairdryer (very carefully) to remove them. Even then i was left with rock hard TIM on the NB IHS (it's not bare) which i had to carefully remove with a stanley knife blade. I have a XSPC X20 Delta block on the NB and a lapped Zalman NB heatsink (the orange one) on the SB which does'nt get very warm at all. I know your's is X48 and mine is X38 but there's no difference as yours is nothing more than a cherry picked X38 so what works for mine should work for yours.

gary996 · 9 Sep 2008 at 20:49

And how did you find the improvements to your temps

1kiwi · 10 Sep 2008 at 08:27

pastymuncher said:
Your heatpipe contraption is very similar to mine. It is actually in two pieces. SB to NB and above the mosfets. The other half is an L shape one covering the mosfets. There is no need to remove that one. I have'nt and mine is fine. If you have used the board you will have "fun" trying to remove the heatsinks from the NB and SB. Asus uses a epoxy type TIM which actually glues them to the chipsets. I did mine as soon as i got it and still had to use a hairdryer (very carefully) to remove them. Even then i was left with rock hard TIM on the NB IHS (it's not bare) which i had to carefully remove with a stanley knife blade. I have a XSPC X20 Delta block on the NB and a lapped Zalman NB heatsink (the orange one) on the SB which does'nt get very warm at all. I know your's is X48 and mine is X38 but there's no difference as yours is nothing more than a cherry picked X38 so what works for mine should work for yours.

Would you be able to post a pic?

pastymuncher · 10 Sep 2008 at 13:23

gary996 said:
And how did you find the improvements to your temps

Have'nt a clue. Like i said, i did it as soon as i got the board. All i know is that it runs very cool and perfectly stable. There is no temp sensor on the P5E for the chipsets.

Here's a piccy:-