[Boli]

"Quick" question: I'm running dual Black Ice Micro ATM (that's a 80mm rad) using 4x80mm on push-pull arrangement.

At the moment all I'm cooling is my CPU I would like to cool my Northbridge with the same... just plugin it into the water circuit.

Can my rads hack it?

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I have space for a 120.2 (with four fans) though the mesurements won't fit exactly as I will be using exsisting fans/hole at the top of my case and I didn't plan the measurement for this. but a bit of fiddleing and its entirely possible. (Papa's got himself a brand new drill!)

I'm going to get a new motherboard in the new future and I was wondering if it was worth investing in a new rad to cool the northbrodge or can the dual 80mm rads handle the load?

I'm just thinking surface area to heat disapation wise I will be overclocking it a bit but not overly much as I am constrined by the chip. I would posts some acurate temps but my temp sensor melted so you'll have to contend with:

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Before OC: cool air from rads, at 12v the fans pushed the temps down to 42*C idle 45*C load, normal temps where around 50*C with running the fans on a lower voltage. the air turned lukewarmafter a long period of time. This is with an ABIT motherboard so I expect I was closer to 35*C than 50*C

With OC(temp sensor melted in an ealrier failed attempt): mainly lukewarm air from rads, so there is a definate increase of heat output by the chip, though the temp of the air never exceeds lukewarm unless the room is abonimally hot in which case everythgn is warm So an estimate of 55*C -60*C (40*C - 45*C allowing for ABIT 15*C higher readings)

Now from experiance I know that the chip I had can handle 65*C for long periods of time (that was before OC and watercooling) as that is what I ran it on almost continusouly for 3 months.

So given this deluge of facts is it better just to save my money and keep with the large passive HS on the Northbridge or will I get better OC if I add it to the loop?

~ Boli