Help Wanted-NB Cooling ideas

madmanjohn · Jan 30, 2009

Im putting this to the group- the only heating problem im having in this unit is the northbridge which consistantly runs at 53C :wtf:

two problems- the nb heatsink is tied to the mosfet regulators and there is an asus xonar pcie card right above it.

heres a pix of the stock mobo

sorry i dont have a pix of the unit assembled- the freq is stock at 2000- cpu at 2.7g

nb is not overvolted. cpu running at 1.3 v - this has been running at this temp consistently since it was new

any cost efficiant ideas would be welcome-

thanks

cdnbum88 · Jan 30, 2009

There are some nice options with Thermalright for the NB if you don't have a height issue.

Enzotech have some low profile options that will work as well.

You can use some of the individual heatsinks for the mosfet.

Happy shopping.

CaptainQualude · Jan 31, 2009

madmanjohn said:
Im putting this to the group- the only heating problem im having in this unit is the northbridge which consistantly runs at 53C

That's running quite hot. Have you tried disassembling the heat pipe assembly from the MB & checking the thermal tape/paste contact & quantity? Sometimes all it takes is a little push to seat everything. I usually replace the thermal paste on the NB with ASC, & use a metalized thermal tape on the MOSFETS. I also like to zip-tie a fan to the HPA. As for aftermarket NB/SB HSF assemblies, as pretty as the Enzo stuff is, it's not as effective as the Evercool VC-RE.

CH@NO · Jan 31, 2009

make sure the heatsinks are tight, a couple of times when handing the mobo from the heatsink It can get loosen, so remove them and place some quality thermal grease and see what happens.

or you can try the Thermaltake Xtreme Spirit II NB Cooler, I owned one and It did an excellent job.

philbrown23 · Feb 1, 2009

also enzotech makes nice nb heatsinks or you can go EK blocks for watercooling or MIPs for waterblocks

CaptainQualude · Feb 1, 2009

philbrown23 said:
also enzotech makes nice nb heatsinks or you can go EK blocks for watercooling or MIPs for waterblocks

Enzotech = not as good as other alternatives. Do your research.

Tau · Feb 1, 2009

put a 120mm fan on it

i have a habbit of just 'hanging' them in variouse computers....

TmdRockz™ · Feb 1, 2009

my NB 56C idle and 63C at load

System Name	the other woman (thats what my wife calls it)
Processor	AMD Phenom X4 9850 Black Edition Agena 2.50GHz
Motherboard	Biostar TA790GX 128m
Cooling	OEM-9850 fan & sink-added Thermaltake NB cooler with fan
Memory	8gb Corsair Dominator XMS2 1066MHz
Video Card(s)	Visiontek Radeon X850 Xt
Storage	Various size Seagate 7200.11's
Display(s)	Several, about 20- today its a pair of Optiquest Q71's
Case	Antec NSK4400 with extra self made HD fan
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX 7.1 pcie and some Koss pro 4aa's
Power Supply	OCZ / StealthXStream 600watt
Software	Windows 7 Professional Retail 64 bit.
Benchmark Scores	cool n quiet disabled- everything full up at 2.6ghz and ht at 2200. Ram at 2.2v

Processor	940 BE
Motherboard	M3A79-T DLX
Cooling	Zalman 9700
Memory	OCZ Reaper 9200 (2x2 Gb)
Video Card(s)	(2) Sapphire dual slot HD 4850 (Crossfire)
Storage	4 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda in RAID 10 (1 TB)
Display(s)	28" HANNS G
Case	Antec 900
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Silverstone OP1000
Software	Vista Ultimate x64

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Processor	Intel Core i3 2100 @ 3.1GHz (stock)
Motherboard	ECS H67H2-M3
Cooling	Stock + 1 X 80mm Thermaltake red LED
Memory	1 X 4 GB Kingston 1333MHz DDR3
Video Card(s)	coming soon
Storage	1TB Seagate SATAII + 500GB Hitachi USB (External)
Display(s)	Samsung 20" LED Widescreen
Case	coming soon
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD 6ch Audio
Power Supply	Generic 450W with 20A on the 12v+ rail
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	coming soon

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Processor	INTEL C2Q Q6600 FTW!!
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q-E!!!
Cooling	TEC cooled cpu, everything else is under water :D
Memory	4GB CELL SHOCK D9GMH 1066MHZ/4GB CRUCIAL REDS
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Processor	940 BE
Motherboard	M3A79-T DLX
Cooling	Zalman 9700
Memory	OCZ Reaper 9200 (2x2 Gb)
Video Card(s)	(2) Sapphire dual slot HD 4850 (Crossfire)
Storage	4 x 500 GB Seagate Barracuda in RAID 10 (1 TB)
Display(s)	28" HANNS G
Case	Antec 900
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Silverstone OP1000
Software	Vista Ultimate x64

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Motherboard	MSI P45T-C51
Cooling	Xigmatek HDT S1283 + Arctic Cooling MX-2 \|1x120mm Exhaust
Memory	Kingston Value RAM 4GB DDR2 800Mhz Dual Channel \| 5-5-5-15 [1.89v)
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon HD4850 Dual Slot (625/993) \| Fan:100%
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Case	Codegen 9011
Audio Device(s)	Realtek = Creative SBS 2.1 370
Power Supply	FSP 700W
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