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zoson · 08-27-2003, 04:03 AM

Boli, as you can see I have the NF7-S mobo, running very close to 200mhz. Also, when I first got the board, I was running with a Blackice Xtreme, and a Blackice Micro in one loop. The two rads could not keep the water cool enough for the northbridge, and effectivly kept my northbridge running at about 90F (sorry too lazy to convert to C) when my computer was running with silent fans. Of course with higher speed fans cooling was better, and kept the temp down at about 80F.
This is WITHOUT my northbridge overvolted or anything.

I am now running with a large (respectively) passing heatsink that I pulled off an ASUS A7M266-D motherboard (dual athlon). It keeps my northbridge running at about the same temperature as the watercooler when my fans are on silent, and cools even better than the watercooler did when the fans are turned up!

So, you would DEFINATELY need a much larger radiator to cool your northbridge effectively.

If you're looking for advice, find an old 486 aluminum heatsink with a quiet fan, epoxy it on and forget about watercooling your northbridge - it's a waste.
-Zoson

08-27-2003, 04:03 AM	#4
zoson Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: X Posts: 204	Boli, as you can see I have the NF7-S mobo, running very close to 200mhz. Also, when I first got the board, I was running with a Blackice Xtreme, and a Blackice Micro in one loop. The two rads could not keep the water cool enough for the northbridge, and effectivly kept my northbridge running at about 90F (sorry too lazy to convert to C) when my computer was running with silent fans. Of course with higher speed fans cooling was better, and kept the temp down at about 80F. This is WITHOUT my northbridge overvolted or anything. I am now running with a large (respectively) passing heatsink that I pulled off an ASUS A7M266-D motherboard (dual athlon). It keeps my northbridge running at about the same temperature as the watercooler when my fans are on silent, and cools even better than the watercooler did when the fans are turned up! So, you would DEFINATELY need a much larger radiator to cool your northbridge effectively. If you're looking for advice, find an old 486 aluminum heatsink with a quiet fan, epoxy it on and forget about watercooling your northbridge - it's a waste. -Zoson __________________ Core i7 930 @ 4254Hz 22x193 \| ASUS R3E 901 BIOS \| 12GB Mushkin Blackline 3x4GB @ 1547MHz 7-8-7-24-1N \| Lian Li PC-A10B 2x EVGA GTX275 SLI @ 720/1266/1566 \| 2x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD Raid 0 \| 3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint 7.2K Raid 5 \| Corsair 950TX H2O \| Enzotech Sapphire Rev.A \| EK-FB RE3 \| Swiftech - 2x MCW60/GTX275 Unisink, MCP655b, MCRes Micro.v2 \| 3x HWLabs SR1-120 あなたの神への弓 Time isn't wasted, when you're gettin' wasted.