Well I have everything together up and running, and I am not too pleased. So far, I am getting the exact same results as my ultra-120
I have re-applied as5 twice to make sure that was not an issued. Both times that I re-applied, I also checked for bubbles in the radiator. The first time I found a bubble that dropped the level in my T line about an inch and I thought that was it, but my temps did not change very much. The second time I could not find any bubbles at all. I Check for bubbles by picking my rig up and turning it every way possible to try to get bubbles to come out of the radiator. I am pretty confident they are all out.
Now I know that AS5 takes some time to set in and will drop a few degrees, but in my own experience if it drops even its highest potential of 5c, I still would not be pleased.
I don't know, maybe I was expecting too much? I think I have fairly good pieces in my set up. The only piece I think that is less is the block. If I were to get a higher end block, could I expect bigger drops?
--pak