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So currently for my new build I plan to watercool my CPU and two gtx 780's. I was looking into watercooling my motherboard (asus iv rampage extreme) and I've found mixed feelings. I have been looking at getting an EK waterblock for it because Koolance no longer makes their asus iv rampage extreme waterblock. These are the ones I was looking at:

http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/motherboard-blocks/full-board-blocks/ek-fb-kit-re4-acetal-en-nickel-csq.html

 

I'm going to use a MCP655 pump so I don't think it should affect my loop that much, but do you guys think spending $150 dollars on a waterblock for a motherboard is worth it? Will I see temperatures much cooler than the default cooler? And my last question, are motherboard blocks hard to install? 

Thanks in advance!

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So currently for my new build I plan to watercool my CPU and two gtx 780's. I was looking into watercooling my motherboard (asus iv rampage extreme) and I've found mixed feelings. I have been looking at getting an EK waterblock for it because Koolance no longer makes their asus iv rampage extreme waterblock. These are the ones I was looking at:

http://www.ekwb.com/shop/blocks/motherboard-blocks/full-board-blocks/ek-fb-kit-re4-acetal-en-nickel-csq.html

 

I'm going to use a MCP655 pump so I don't think it should affect my loop that much, but do you guys think spending $150 dollars on a waterblock for a motherboard is worth it? Will I see temperatures much cooler than the default cooler? And my last question, are motherboard blocks hard to install? 

Thanks in advance!

well basing off the fact my dad has that exact motherboard block :) personally i think if its in the budget its not a terrible idea especially if your planning on a heavy oc the boards vrm's and whatnot will get pretty toasty however whether its totally necessary is another matter, i think your board would last longer if your using a heavy oc otherwise its kinda meh more for bragging rights then anything

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unless your going to try for a massive overclock it's not needed.  if your going for 5-800Mhz more I wouldn't worry about it.

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Its needed if you are doing very (dangerous) high >5GHz overclocks and have little to no airflow on the passive heat sinks.

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If you are doing extreme overclocking it can be beneficial but if you are doing it for everyday use or normal overclocking it is pretty much for aesthetics. Makes the motherboard sexy ;)

 

 

 

 

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Its needed if you are doing very (dangerous) high >5GHz overclocks and have little to no airflow on the passive heat sinks.

Yea when I was trying to get a 5+ ghz over clock my main limiting factor was my mother board

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Okay, do you guys know if it is very complicated installing a motherboard waterblock? I know you have to take off the air cooler then apply thermal paste then screw on the new one, but I'm just afraid I'm going to screw up and ruin my whole motherboard...

 

If it's easy enough, I might just get one for aesthetics. 

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Okay, do you guys know if it is very complicated installing a motherboard waterblock? I know you have to take off the air cooler then apply thermal paste then screw on the new one, but I'm just afraid I'm going to screw up and ruin my whole motherboard...

 

If it's easy enough, I might just get one for aesthetics. 

Its easy. You mostly use thermal pads. Its comparable to mounting a GPU block.

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Okay, do you guys know if it is very complicated installing a motherboard waterblock? I know you have to take off the air cooler then apply thermal paste then screw on the new one, but I'm just afraid I'm going to screw up and ruin my whole motherboard...

 

If it's easy enough, I might just get one for aesthetics. 

just use common sense

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Its easy. You mostly use thermal pads. Its comparable to mounting a GPU block.

Okay sounds good, I guess I will add the block to my part list, hope it looks good when I put it on :)

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I mean my mosfets get really really hot and I got fans all over my case but theres no way I can get direct airflow over/away from them.  Samething with my NB.

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Its needed if you are doing very (dangerous) high >5GHz overclocks and have little to no airflow on the passive heat sinks.

 

 

Would it be worth it for the PCH? I'm looking to push my 780's as far as I can when I finish my custom loop, I was kinda pondering it for the VRM's too, since I'd really like to try for 5+ GHZ on my 3930k, (I hear it's very difficult so I've got my fingers crossed)

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Watercooling the motherboard is just for show really, unless you have a seriously high overclock the heatsinks are pretty much overkill.

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Would it be worth it for the PCH? I'm looking to push my 780's as far as I can when I finish my custom loop, I was kinda pondering it for the VRM's too, since I'd really like to try for 5+ GHZ on my 3930k, (I hear it's very difficult so I've got my fingers crossed)

 

Its just as effective to point a fan at your motherboard heatsinks.

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Even so an msi mpower board can handle 5.0ghz w.o blowing out the vrm

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Even so an msi mpower board can handle 5.0ghz w.o blowing out the vrm

From what I have heard a cooler VRM gives "cleaner" power to the CPU which can lead to more stable overclocks.

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From what I have heard a cooler VRM gives "cleaner" power to the CPU which can lead to more stable overclocks.

Not EVERYTHING needs to be wa-er cooled.

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Not EVERYTHING needs to be wa-er cooled.

Was just making the point that just because you don't blow out the VRM doesn't mean that its running as well as it can. You shouldn't run things near their thermal limits anyway. You have to remember the other important factor while watercooling; which is that you don't have the CPU fan next to the VRM and in some cases the VRM can be covered by rads which really limits the airflow around it. That can really raise the temp.

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Seems like a good idea to water cool your motherboard, CPU and GPU if you're building a super snug, X99, overclocked beast in a small Micro ATX case. Temperatures rise really fast in an mATX air cooled system and fans get very noisy. Bitspower makes freakin' awesome waterblocks for mATX motherboards that cover the CPU as well ! Can't wait for them to release models for the ASRock, EVGA and Gigabyte mATX X99 boards.

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Seems like a good idea to water cool your motherboard, CPU and GPU if you're building a super snug, X99, overclocked beast in a small Micro ATX case. Temperatures rise really fast in an mATX air cooled system and fans get very noisy. Bitspower makes freakin' awesome waterblocks for mATX motherboards that cover the CPU as well ! Can't wait for them to release models for the ASRock, EVGA and Gigabyte mATX X99 boards.

 

 

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