billyray520 wrote:
like the OC key which also requires planning when installing the board into the case.

he dont have the OC key on the M5F 😉
well you realy dont have to do water on the NB, its a option if your gona go the water way ( and cool CPU and/or GPU's )
you can get kits that does the CPU ( and you can add the NB to the loop too ) and EK have a couple kits you can get.
here is an exmaple : -> http://www.frozencpu.com/products/15036/ex-wat-200/Ek_H30_360_HFX_Advanced_Liquid_Cooling_Kit_-_CSQ_... <- this is the EK H30 360 HFX kit, its basicly a 360 radiator ( 3 x 120mm fan slots ) whit all the parts you need.
the fusiontermo on the M5F works as good on air, but if your gona OC more then what the air can cool then your have to do water on it.
the H100i is a good cooling solution for now, it can do OC to around 4.4 -> 4.7 over a couple to a few hours if you have good airflow and low ambient temp.
before mounting the mobo in the case, do a test run on the case it came in, to see if every ting works.
use antistatic wristband or hold one of the hands on the case or rest on it to ground.

Well, We had a rotten egg, I insisted on doing a bench build. He didn't think it necessary. But found that the memory slots A1 and B1 would not see installed chips and slots A2 and B2 were actually paired together, Asus tech support did not believe this possible so i sent them a cell phone video. They then wanted the board for testing in Indiana. They sent a UPS label and the new replacement will be here on Friday, We were able to get it to boot with memory install in the farthest from cpu two slots. We got into windows and ran Dirt3 for a benchmark and got 79 fps without oc the cpu or adding the 2nd gpu. We did not get that far into the build before the system had to be torn down to go to Asus. So this weekend we will try again. With him not knowing anything about the internal connectors we got the bench build done in about 75 minutes. So I expect to do it in about 40 minutes on Saturday. Does anyone have a system similar to this one that I can steal your bios settings. I want to OC to 4,6 or 4.7GHZ. Which should be possible with this cooling as it maxed out at 39ºC on CPU at full load in Dirt3 at 3.9GHZ turbo setting. I had been expexting it to run hotter being a ivy bridge chip. The MoBo was actually warmer at 42ºC than the cpu. We almost screwed the pouch when boxing it up and left the CPU on the board. Luckily wanted everything reboxed and found the CPU Box and figured out what had happened. So we cut open the box and saved the baby. I also tapped over the memory slots that where not working so it will be obvious what was wrong.
I am sorry about delaying my report about the build but had dialysis yesterday and adrenaline about the build only carried me so far...

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I have a, no kidding, 1 kilo tub of Céramique™ 2. Hardest part was getting just a little bit out. Until I got a syringe to put it in to for using it. And should be enough for 1000 cpus. My insurance got it for me after they paid for parts after a lightning strike hit my house and fried my whole house surge protector and lots of contents. But insurance paid for all the replacements after the surge company explained that it was almost a direct hit and it did it's best but was overcome by the amount of electricity. They said they if I had not had it that my house would have burned down...

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