Chipset cooling

Snowdonia · 06-12-2003, 11:44 PM

Hey, I am kind of new to the idea of water-cooling, but is water cooling the chipset really necessary? I am going to any way to help get heat away from my computer, but I am just interested in what the real experts think. Also, on motherboards manufactured by Intel, they have a heatsink over the Northbridge chipset. The heatsink seems to be held in place with four bolts that have been soldered in place in the other side of the motherboard PCB. Any ideas on how to remove this kind of heatsink, and leave the holes open for mounting hardware?

jaydee · 06-12-2003, 11:57 PM

Where is Brush Prairie? Been in WA all but 1 year of my life and never heard of it.

As for the chipset it might help FSB overclocking. Seems to help on the newer AMD boards.

As for the heat sink, just unsolder the bolts. Sounds good that it actual has 4 bolts on the chipset cooler. Thats pretty rare.

Sproket · 06-13-2003, 12:13 AM

I myself think that cooling NB w/ water is not good b/c adds to much heat to water system. My Vantec copper cooling fan does just great!

Long Haired Git · 06-13-2003, 12:56 AM

My NB gets hot enough for the MB manufacturer to put a fan on it.

I HATE fans.
Noisy bloody things just shuffling the same hot air around my case.

So, WC it not to be cooler, but to be quieter.

Now, most GPU and NB WB designs still focus on cooling ability and not lessening flow restriction, which is why I have copper in my garage and a dremmel, and still run a fan on both my GPU and NB.

But the fans should be shaking in their boots, as their time has come...

Boli · 06-13-2003, 03:34 PM

I agree (to some respect) SMALL fans are next to useless. I have a KD7 board and that came with a 40mm fan on the NB. After a month it the noise from that was appauling, so I replaced it with a
Zalman chipset cooler... my mobo temp actually went down by 10*C with the added bonus of chipset cooler that doesn't make noise.

I don't think I'll put it on the water cooling loop... IMHO it just isn't worth it... plus it'll heat up the CPU too much.

JokerCPoC · 06-13-2003, 05:46 PM

Yeah I have a Zalman Heatsink on My NB and on My SB ( Both have mounting holes for this

) When I water cool My PC I'm going to install an 80mm UV lighted fan above the video card in the back of My PC's Case with a 60mm to 80mm adapter (I have an old 60mm fan mount there already, That I put in at one time). But I'm going to Water cool the video cards gpu, I need some cool air for the heatsinks on My mosfets too. It would be nice If there was a 60mm UV lighted fan instead of the 80mm fan though (I have a very small case, 17"x17"x7" interally).

Snowdonia · 06-13-2003, 11:52 PM

[quote]Originally posted by jaydee116
[b]Where is Brush Prairie? Been in WA all but 1 year of my life and never heard of it.

Brush Prairie is in southern Washington, near Vancouver. That is, instead of being near Spokane it is on the west side of the Cascades.

06-12-2003, 11:44 PM	#1
Snowdonia Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brush Prairie, WA Posts: 9	Chipset cooling Hey, I am kind of new to the idea of water-cooling, but is water cooling the chipset really necessary? I am going to any way to help get heat away from my computer, but I am just interested in what the real experts think. Also, on motherboards manufactured by Intel, they have a heatsink over the Northbridge chipset. The heatsink seems to be held in place with four bolts that have been soldered in place in the other side of the motherboard PCB. Any ideas on how to remove this kind of heatsink, and leave the holes open for mounting hardware?

06-13-2003, 12:13 AM	#3
Sproket Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 193	I myself think that cooling NB w/ water is not good b/c adds to much heat to water system. My Vantec copper cooling fan does just great! __________________ NF7-S Bios D1.8 218FSB X 11.5 1700+ DLT3C 0310 @ 2511Mhz TwinMos 2x256 PC3200 BH-5 Albatron TI4800se 310/643 3dmark 15,110 3DMark2001SE Link

06-13-2003, 12:56 AM	#4
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	My NB gets hot enough for the MB manufacturer to put a fan on it. I HATE fans. Noisy bloody things just shuffling the same hot air around my case. So, WC it not to be cooler, but to be quieter. Now, most GPU and NB WB designs still focus on cooling ability and not lessening flow restriction, which is why I have copper in my garage and a dremmel, and still run a fan on both my GPU and NB. But the fans should be shaking in their boots, as their time has come... __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)

06-13-2003, 05:46 PM	#6
JokerCPoC Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hesperia, CA Posts: 130	Yeah I have a Zalman Heatsink on My NB and on My SB ( Both have mounting holes for this ) When I water cool My PC I'm going to install an 80mm UV lighted fan above the video card in the back of My PC's Case with a 60mm to 80mm adapter (I have an old 60mm fan mount there already, That I put in at one time). But I'm going to Water cool the video cards gpu, I need some cool air for the heatsinks on My mosfets too. It would be nice If there was a 60mm UV lighted fan instead of the 80mm fan though (I have a very small case, 17"x17"x7" interally). __________________ My Blog Joker1: 2-265 @ 2.25GHz cpus(OSA265FAA6CB)[H8DCE] soon Joker2: 1-165 @ 2.65GHz cpu[Bios/Clockgen405], MS-6702E v1.0(9.3 Bios) Joker3: 1-270 @ 2.40(2nd-270 cpu soon)GHz cpu[Ntune], K8N-DL v1.03(1007 Bios) Joker4: 2-285 @ 3.25? GHz cpu[Ntune], (soon) K8N-DL v1.03(1007 Bios) Joker5: 2-285 @ 3.25? GHz cpu[Ntune], (soon) K8N-DL v1.03(1007 Bios) (10.10GHz now, 25.43GHz maybe? Crunchin 4 SetiBoinc for the PC Perspective Killer Frogs)

06-12-2003, 11:57 PM	#2
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Where is Brush Prairie? Been in WA all but 1 year of my life and never heard of it. As for the chipset it might help FSB overclocking. Seems to help on the newer AMD boards. As for the heat sink, just unsolder the bolts. Sounds good that it actual has 4 bolts on the chipset cooler. Thats pretty rare.

06-13-2003, 03:34 PM	#5
Boli Cooling Savant Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Blackburn / Dundee Posts: 451	I agree (to some respect) SMALL fans are next to useless. I have a KD7 board and that came with a 40mm fan on the NB. After a month it the noise from that was appauling, so I replaced it with a Zalman chipset cooler... my mobo temp actually went down by 10*C with the added bonus of chipset cooler that doesn't make noise. I don't think I'll put it on the water cooling loop... IMHO it just isn't worth it... plus it'll heat up the CPU too much.

06-13-2003, 11:52 PM	#7
Snowdonia Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brush Prairie, WA Posts: 9	[quote]Originally posted by jaydee116 [b]Where is Brush Prairie? Been in WA all but 1 year of my life and never heard of it. Brush Prairie is in southern Washington, near Vancouver. That is, instead of being near Spokane it is on the west side of the Cascades.

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