VRM cooling

[ark97]

Hey guys, got a question here, after a few years of having a monoblock on the x299 asus prime-a, i want to switch back to an aio or aircooling. Problem is i lost the original vrm heatsink. I already conctacted asus, but they dont provide spare parts according to their helpdesk. Does anyone have an idea on what to do except buy a new mobo?
 

[Radium_Angel]

Amazon etc sell little stick-on heatsinks for VRMs, then run an active cooling solution across them?

[ark97]

looks horrible, but could work i guess, just case fans as active cooling solution?

I hope i find a broken mobo where i can salvage the heatsink someday

[Radium_Angel]

3 minutes ago, ark97 said:

looks horrible, but could work i guess, just case fans as active cooling solution?

I hope i find a broken mobo where i can salvage the heatsink someday

Yes, just case fans.

Have you checked eBay or even AliExpress for mobo parts?

[ark97]

5 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Yes, just case fans.

Have you checked eBay or even AliExpress for mobo parts?

i checked, they have bios chips, headers, io covers etc, but not a heatsink seperatly,  and a second hand version of that mobo still goes for 245, so thats to much for a heatsink 

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, ark97 said:

i checked, they have bios chips, headers, io covers etc, but not a heatsink seperatly,  and a second hand version of that mobo still goes for 245, so thats to much for a heatsink 

Found any dead motherboards? It would be a pretty good re-use of parts

[ark97]

51 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Found any dead motherboards? It would be a pretty good re-use of parts

unfortunatly not, not on ebay or ali so far