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Originally Posted by stren 
So now I'm just confused - the Bitspower Summit HF performed terribly - so badly in fact that there has to be something wrong, yet the TIM reflow looked fine. I'll have to take the block apart tomorrow to see if there's something wrong internally with this sample
The only thing I did notice was that the fins inside the block run at 90 degrees to the normal orientation for every other block. I'll have to retry the block another time, but for now I'm moving on to the supremacy.

So now I'm just confused - the Bitspower Summit HF performed terribly - so badly in fact that there has to be something wrong, yet the TIM reflow looked fine. I'll have to take the block apart tomorrow to see if there's something wrong internally with this sample
The only thing I did notice was that the fins inside the block run at 90 degrees to the normal orientation for every other block. I'll have to retry the block another time, but for now I'm moving on to the supremacy.Argh! Of course, that's the one I'm waiting for.

Gotta be something wrong, mine's kicking butt. Did the springs possibly wedge into the stud openings ? Re-tighten after re-flow ?
In case this is of any help, here's how it's installed on my setup:

And here's a quick shot of my temps:

































