ASRock X79 Extreme9 HeatSink Question

[synmuffin]

Hey all current in the process of adding water cooling to my system however I'm wondering if anyone has removed the heatsinks I've outlined in red in the pic, and if makes any difference what so ever on the mobo?

Do they even ever get that warm? The issue is that bar that runs between the two is limited in the size of the radiator I can fit in my case without having to change my case.

Thanks in advance.

 

[EarthDog]

I wouldn't take those off... Those parts can get hot, especially when overclocking.

 

[xsuperbgx]

You might be able to find a waterblock that will fit there. Whether that gets you enough room or not?

 

[synmuffin]

You might be able to find a waterblock that will fit there. Whether that gets you enough room or not?

Yah I've looked for this to no avail. I put some temp senors on these parts and they never really got that hot, I mean they got warm but never scary hot, mind you they had the heatsink thing on.

 

[synmuffin]

So I've come up with a solution I've removed the heat pipe, but kept the heatsinks.

 

[Mandrake4565]

You could always mount a 40-50mm fan on them if you run into issues.

 

[EarthDog]

Should be fine there... good thinking!