In fact it does work for my scenario. I shouldnt have even suggested it unless you were going with a setup like mine. as this will not work with a vapochill.
Take my video card for example, with just the heat sinks alone on the ram I reach 790'ish memory, a little silicon on the high edges and that is enough to push me 800+ argue with results?
You would have to do your own testing with a laser temp gun, the edges of the heat sink that is lightly covered will drop in temp faster and stay colder than the oncovered area, Im not saying to cover the whole sink or even attempt this with poor circulation at room temps. placement is key, farthest point from heat on high edge works best for me.
Its a trick, if done right it does work.
Im doing benchmarks now and Ill do a sandra report when im done, -3c mobo, 8c CPU @ 2.6Ghz, no volt mods.
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The vapochill cannot cool the rest of the compnents in the case like I do.
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