PSU Fan Filter added, Replaced IOH with thermal and Went all out on cooling (PSU,CPU AND GPU DONE!)

[startergo]

In my reading on MR I thought the consensus was that Apple chose rivets for the north bridge in order to accommodate thermal expansion and contraction. Bolts would certainly prevent this sort of flexibility. That said, Pindelski and numerous others here have used rivets and I can’t say I’m familiar with any horror stories. But I also find it hard to believe the engineering team chose spring loaded fasteners for no reason.

Either way, glad you’re enjoying your Mac Pro. I am a fan of screen filters but I am past investing anything else in my cMP personally.

That may be true but the northbridge in the cMP is running 20 deg C higher than the Intel design specs. So no, definitely not a good Apple design.

 

[Flocarino]

What is the thickness of the purple/blue thermal pad for the strip of capacitors under the CPU heatsink ? Thank you.

 

[p11hlf]

What is the thickness of the purple/blue thermal pad for the strip of capacitors under the CPU heatsink ? Thank you.

I’d like to say it’s 3mm, let me double check and confirm

 

[h9826790]

That may be true but the northbridge in the cMP is running 20 deg C higher than the Intel design specs. So no, definitely not a good Apple design.

I am quite sure that's within the spec. The NB chip's temperature limit should be around 100C.

I think you mean that's 20C higher than the Intel's recommended operating temperature. Not really the design specs.