R6E monoblock mounting help

[Houstonruss]

Doing some cleaning on my rig and this is the spread pattern from the thermal paste over a year... I want to know if the spread pattern is indicating if I'm not mounting the monoblock tight enough or if this is normal. Not delided or anything.

 

 

[W-L]

2 hours ago, Houstonruss said:

Doing some cleaning on my rig and this is the spread pattern from the thermal paste over a year... I want to know if the spread pattern is indicating if I'm not mounting the monoblock tight enough or if this is normal. Not delided or anything.

No that is not normal, as this is a monoblock make sure the correct thickness of thermal pads for the VRM are in the correct location they are not the same thickness and stand offs are used on the bottom of the mounting block. Any kind of interference such as using the wrong thickness of pads will prevent proper mounting. 

 

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[Houstonruss]

18 minutes ago, W-L said:

No that is not normal, as this is a monoblock make sure the correct thickness of thermal pads for the VRM are in the correct location they are not the same thickness and stand offs are used on the bottom of the mounting block. Any kind of interference such as using the wrong thickness of pads will prevent proper mounting. 

 

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https://www.ekwb.com/shop/EK-IM/EK-IM-3830046994486.pdf

Yeah I had the pads and washers right. I'm guessing it was just not tight enough. I'll have to bench test it in a few hours and see If the thermals get any better.

[Lathlaer]

What was the thermal paste? I think in some of the LTX videos Der8auer talked about pump-out effect on high performance, wet thermal paste.

 

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Here you go, for your convenience:

 

 

[Houstonruss]

Yeah its EK Ectotherm, I don't know if the pump out effect is the issue, the mounting, or just the fusion reactor of an i9 being hot regardless. 40c idle 100c+ full load. Won't be able to get it running tonight so I guess I'll have to finish up later. Did an led mod to the water block after cleaning it. It was pretty clean inside. 

[Houstonruss]

New LEDs look nice

[For Science!]

21 minutes ago, Houstonruss said:

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To my eyes I think you had good metal-to-metal contact down the center of the CPU IHS and the waterblock and a evenly distributed spread on either side. This to me indicates that the pressure is okay, but simply your IHS isn't very flat.

[Houstonruss]

Temps are a bit better now. Not sure if it's the cleaning the paste or the remounting. Bleeding it now...

[chen57]

mmmh your build looks pretty damn good !!