Thanks guys..
Ok, on to the stock coolers. This post is in no way bagging on ASRock for the quality of the coolers. I realize that the amount of technology put into these mobos for such little money is insane.
But costs will have to be cut to make them affordable to sell and this post is to show one area where I believe the marketing people were listened to over the engineers (a dangerous thing sometimes, lol)
Here is the mobo and cooler
Looks cool, but in reality its amazing it works at all. Here is a closeup of the cooler made from thin lite weight copper colored alum (tube is copper though)
notice the grooves on the backside (lol, no lapping here)
Here is a side shot showing the multiple layers (layers=bad as there is a loss of efficiency with each layer)
I ordered the Enzotech coolers and they should be here mon or tues so I will post picts of them mounted when I get them..
One of the reasons I have liked the enzotech coolers is they have an almost mirror image on their contact side as well as they are forged.
Forging makes a denser metal that "technically" transfers heat faster. I mention the word technically as the difference between a cast part and a forged one is possibly small, never the less there is a difference.