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Asus P9X79PRO - Cooling
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Cooling
The P9X79 Pro’s cooling design is surprisingly complex and much more capable than the Intel board we tested at launch. The board has four different heatsinks with two different heatpipes used. Let’s take a closer look.
The X79 chipset has a low profile heatsink machined out of aluminum. The low height is to give clearance for long dedicated video cards, similar to what we have seen on all Intel chipsets from X58 on. The heatsink is self isn’t very elaborate and because of this it requires a heatpipe to transfer the heat to a more capable heatsink to help keep the chipset cool. The heatsink is anodized in a light blue color and has a silver plate attached with the Asus logo on it.
In this image you can see the heatpipe connecting the two heatsinks. The top heatsink has a more traditional fin design with the Digi+ logo on it.
The top most heatsink that keeps part of the VRM (Voltage Regulation) cool is by far the most complex. Every angle you look at it from will give you a completely different look. It has the same blue anodized look as the other heatsink but this time around they added on a second heatsink that is silver in color to the top of it. When this is paired up with Asus's full digital power control for both the CPU and DRAM they are able to keep everything cool. The new DIGI+ Power Control has the ability to be controlled fulling using their Software Suite. This means that all of the power is there when needed. The DIGI+ Power Control means better overclocking potential and cooler temperatures.
Here is an overall shot of the cooling, in this picture you can also see the last heatsink in between the left ram slots and the rear I/O panel. This heatsink has a barrel design due to the tight space it has to fit in. There is a heatpipe that runs the length of this heatsink and around the top to the top heatsink to help with cooling.
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