- Joined
- Nov 30, 2002
- Location
- California
I ususally don't over tighten my waterblock because i do notice that the board starts to bend. I switched to brass connectors for mounting my motherboard to my case instead of plastic and though about adding more tension to my waterblock mounting gear to see if there would be any improvement. so i did, screwed all the bolts about another 2 millimeter. when i looked at the board it was still kinda bent even with the strong brass motherboard mounting. any who, i booted up the sucker and got a 4c decrease on idle! and the load time so far (30min of folding) is 2c less then usual. thought my room temp might be a little low, but my digital therm. says 22.3c, just about ~2c higher then usual because the heater was on.
anywho, i'm really happy.. and don't want to go back. is there anything bad about bending ur motherboard a bit? my friend said something about the integrated circuits on the motherboard getting screwed up..
just for info..
i got:
nemesis waterblock w/ spring/bolt/screw mounting
epox 8rda+ A2 mobo
thanks guys
anywho, i'm really happy.. and don't want to go back. is there anything bad about bending ur motherboard a bit? my friend said something about the integrated circuits on the motherboard getting screwed up..
just for info..
i got:
nemesis waterblock w/ spring/bolt/screw mounting
epox 8rda+ A2 mobo
thanks guys