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14th November 2005, 20:17 | #1 |
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| (Passive) Northbridge cooling ? I plan on removing the northbridge fan on my MSI K8N SLI Platinum, and putting on a Zalman ZM-NB47J heatsink instead. Does anyone have experience with it ? Any good ? Other suggestions are welcome. Descom doesn't have anything else, but a shop in Gent or Leuven is also good. Not too expensive please. Edit: maybe not such a good idea. I won't be able to put in a second graphics card anymore. That sucks. |
14th November 2005, 20:36 | #2 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| as long as your CPU cooling moves enough air towards the this NB there will be no problem; do keep an eye on the northbridge temperature the first few days
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15th November 2005, 14:01 | #3 |
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| If your mobo has the same lay out as the MSI K8N Diamond then you will have to remove the fan of the chipsetcooler, otherwise it is impossible to install a second graph. card. This was mentioned in a review of dual core mobo's in PCM nr 10: oct 2005, in dutch: "Wilt u gebruik maken van een tweede grafische kaart, dan zult u bij de MSI K8N Diamond eerst de chipsetkoeler moeten losschroeven." In the review it is mentioned that the mobo runs stable without the cooler. |
15th November 2005, 14:03 | #4 |
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| There are several active heatsinks out there that use better fans. Another option is to replace the fan with a Papst one. |
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