Northbridge, mosfets, south bridge.

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Out of those 3, which one is most commonly watercooled from 1st to last. Example;

1. NB
2. Mosfets
3. Southbridge

Also, if I decided to cool my board, what would be worth watercooling and what won't be worth watercooling?

 

[Evo85]

I would say the most common is:

NB/SB/MOSFETS.

But I could be wrong.

 

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Do most people cool the NB and leave the other 2 on air or what? Or do people watercool the one that's the hottest.

 

[MoonPig]

Well, there's no real reason to water cool them, unless your at 4.5GHz+. They never exceed 50c with normal use.

But i suppose if you had a loop, i'd cool them all just for looks.

NB is easiest, then Mosfets, then SB.

 

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Is it worth ever watercooling the SB? Mine always stays below 30c I presume.

 

[erocker]

Is it worth ever watercooling the SB? Mine always stays below 30c I presume.

No. Unless you are going for the "cool" factor.

 

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Are blocks available seperately so if I wanted to only watercool the NB and mosfets, I could get single blocks and not blocks that cool the NB and say they gotta cool the SB too cause they're both on the same block.

 

[MoonPig]

No. Unless you are going for the "cool" factor.

Lol... was that intentional ??? haha

 

[erocker]

Are blocks available seperately so if I wanted to only watercool the NB and mosfets, I could get single blocks and not blocks that cool the NB and say they gotta cool the SB too cause they're both on the same block.

You should list your system specs. I assume you are using X58? Yes, separate blocks can be purchased, you need to figure out what brand you want (I like EK) and then check their compatability list on their website. The blocks that cover everything are nice because they are made for your motherboard and usually aren't as hard to mount.

 

[Naekuh]

I would say the most common is:

NB/SB/MOSFETS.

But I could be wrong.

considering how most boards its all one sink... your correct.

NB is easiest, then Mosfets, then SB.

depends on what board your looking at. Most people that do venture this far tend to have upper mid to high range boards. These boards have a sink which integrates mosfet nb and sb on some occasions.

So depending on the board this question is very hard to answer.

Example P6T-DLX:

So you need something like this:

And the ultra high end Classified blocks:

Watercooling the SB with SLI or Xfire configs = UBER PITA!

 

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Is there any blocks to cool my NB, mosfets and SB in one block for my Rampage Formula X48?

 

[viczulis]

Here's north/south bridge I put on my Rampage X48

 

[AllHopeIsGone1]

Temperatures on them both please?

 

[viczulis]

Sorry when I get home (out of town) will let you know. Tomorrow late.

 

[viczulis]

Alright I'm home now. Been running orthos for ten minutes now. Full load.

Temps are coming from PC Probe 2

NB 1.49 v @ 32 C
SB 1.06v @ 32C

 

[erocker]

viczulis, do you have a link to a retailer for the nb/sb block?

 

[viczulis]

Still running orthos been 1 1/2 hrs now and still showing at 32C both north and south bridge.

Erocker I bought from Sidewinders- Bitspower Black Freezer A1X48NSF Chipset block for 105.95 but I just searched there site and I cant find them. WTF
At Frozen but cost alot more.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8...Southbridge_Combo_Block_BP-WBAIX48NSF-BK.html

Last time ran orthos for 4 hours and highest NB/SB got was 35 c

Oh by the way got memory today thanks up and running now I want to see if I can push alittle more.

 

[Neo4]

Out of those 3, which one is most commonly watercooled from 1st to last. Example;

1. NB
2. Mosfets
3. Southbridge

Also, if I decided to cool my board, what would be worth watercooling and what won't be worth watercooling?

The NB is the only one other than CPU and GPU that gets WC'd. The SB never gets hot enough and how could anyone build a cooler for the FET area? Too long and narrow it seems to me.

Edit: Oops, I stand corrected you can WC the FET's on Intel anyway. Wow, that's a lot of loops.

 

[Naekuh]

Still running orthos been 1 1/2 hrs now and still showing at 32C both north and south bridge.

Erocker I bought from Sidewinders- Bitspower Black Freezer A1X48NSF Chipset block for 105.95 but I just searched there site and I cant find them. WTF
At Frozen but cost alot more.
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/8...Southbridge_Combo_Block_BP-WBAIX48NSF-BK.html

Last time ran orthos for 4 hours and highest NB/SB got was 35 c

Oh by the way got memory today thanks up and running now I want to see if I can push alittle more.

full board blocks didnt drop in price until koolance came out and pwned a lot of vendors with sub 100 dollar blocks.

the X48 is an old platform, so it would go in the expensive block catigory. LoL my entire koolance board setup costed me arround 100 dollars for the classified!

 

[viczulis]

Its only been two months or so ago that I paid 105.00.

I guess I'm glad I bought when I did.