I just finished installing a XP-90 and LGA 775RM onto an Asus P5AD2 Deluxe motherboard and found that the screws that come with the LGA 775RM are too short. You will need to acquire screws that are about one-eighth inch or so longer. Other than that the installation went smoothly. Other comments and...

To answer PaulShapiro's post: Hyperthreading is enabled (and always has been). Thanks for the suggestion!

I recently updated the BIOS on my Asus P5AD2 Deluxe motherboard and the CPU (an Intel 3.4 Ghz CPU, not Extreme Edition) temperature has increased by about 10C. It now idles at about 49C and at 100% it is now as high as 69C. Prior to the BIOS update it idled at about 38C and at 100% could get up to s...

I recently (a week ago) recevied a Samsung SP1614C from NewEgg that had the NIDEC motor (maybe I was lucky?).

FWIW, The price at NewEgg was also very competitive ($93). It was their item # N82E16822152015.

Sorry Ralf, I forgot to look at page two of this thread before I posted my reply re: Thermalright backplate for XP-90 on a socket 775

Thermalright has a part called (something like) the LGA775 RM Adapter Kit which is basically a backplate and other parts that goes under the motherboard and is designed for mounting a XP-90 on a Socket 775 motherboard. I have not tried either the XP-90 and/or this backplate but would be interested t...