
All it took was 50 cents of thermal padding leading towards the cooling block/plate and boom, the problem was gone. It is a completely understandable reaction, however if you do things right in the first place, you do not have to overcompensate. In my personally believe EVGA reacted (maybe even over-compensated a little) towards the backlash they got with the non-cooled VRM segments in the initial FTW and SC editions. I also have to admit that if you watched them a couple of times, you'll probably never check the values again. Admittedly, I like the idea of more sensors to monitor various parts of the board. This is a nice looking product that offers great game performance. EVGA is doing some funky stuff with the ICX cooling and sensor design.
