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jtroutma · 05-28-2002, 11:12 PM

I tried cooling my NorthBridge with the 36W pelt. With the extra waterblock in my system and the pelt to worry about, I was able to go from 142 to 150 FSB. HOWEVER, my board would fail to operate after a month of use. IF I removed ALL the components from the case THEN it would work for about 2 more weeks then DEAD!

I fried (2) ABIT KT7A motherboards by trying to pelt chill the northbridge so in MY case it was absolutely NOT worth it! Bought myself an ABIT KG7, ripped out the pelt and extra block and have never looked back! Now I am hitting 150FSB but my ram is crap! Going to replace it this summer with PC2700 or PC3000 CAS2 pieces and try for 160FSB.

BUT back to my original question, is a 36W pelt too low for an OC Geforce3 Core?

05-28-2002, 11:12 PM	#7
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	I tried cooling my NorthBridge with the 36W pelt. With the extra waterblock in my system and the pelt to worry about, I was able to go from 142 to 150 FSB. HOWEVER, my board would fail to operate after a month of use. IF I removed ALL the components from the case THEN it would work for about 2 more weeks then DEAD! I fried (2) ABIT KT7A motherboards by trying to pelt chill the northbridge so in MY case it was absolutely NOT worth it! Bought myself an ABIT KG7, ripped out the pelt and extra block and have never looked back! Now I am hitting 150FSB but my ram is crap! Going to replace it this summer with PC2700 or PC3000 CAS2 pieces and try for 160FSB. BUT back to my original question, is a 36W pelt too low for an OC Geforce3 Core? __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250