Reply 20 of 24, by Doornkaat
TrashPanda wrote on 2022-07-15, 16:40:BLockOUT wrote on 2022-07-15, 16:30:TrashPanda wrote on 2022-07-15, 12:26:MSI for sure went balls out with the cooper on their P35/P45 Palatinum boards, Gigabyte did too On their Extreme DQ series boards which had a huge copper cooling radiator as part of the kit, sadly most MSI platinum boards I have run across are either dead or have serious IO issues/Damaged ram slots.
I would love a P45 Platinum for my 775 collection along with the Gigabyte P45-T Extreme both of which are unobtanium so far.
If your board is complete and working OP, I would seriously consider only using it sparingly and keep an eye on the caps, its such a lovely example of copper cooling madness of the 775 ERA a board worth keeping in top condition.
absolutly, the only strange thing about this board is like the pcb bended a bit around the cpu, maybe this was normal during the 775 stock intel cooler era?
thats why im looking for a copy of the original discs!It was pretty normal with some aftermarket coolers due to not having a backplate as part of the retention system, the more expensive coolers had backplates that eliminated the bending, stock Intel coolers didn't normally exert enough force on the board to bend it. (Heavy copper coolers can also do it due to weight)
Yes, stock Intel S775 coolers apply a lot of force on the board that'll typically bend motherboards a bit. I have seen this all the time and it can be easily demonstrated if you have a straight board and an Intel stock cooler for S775 CPUs.