After-market North Bridge Cooler for IC7/IS7

[BadThad]

I have one of the original IS7 mobos with the first gen cooler. A friends system with an IC7 had the NB cooler die, so I gave him mine (since I wasn's using the board). Can someone link me up with a good replacement for the crappy original NB cooler? I'm going to order a few so I have them on reserve. Thanks!

 

[RIP1234]

This may work.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-116-005&catalog=62&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The Zalman's are great for passive solutions if you have good air flow in the case link and the copper Vantec iceberg works great as a active northbridge cooler link I used the Iceberg active cooler on a nF2 IGP board and even with the IGP G4 MX's core overclocked@260mhz, the vdd@1.8v and 400DDR it kept it cool and stable.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: RIP1234
This may work.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-116-005&catalog=62&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=1

Hey that looks sweet, first time I've seen it too.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i like the cooler on my abit ic7 max3 but i dunno if abit sells them individually
i wish someone just made a really large copper finned active heatsink with a high power 60mm fan on it

 

[drewdogg808]

Originally posted by: Soulkeeper
i like the cooler on my abit ic7 max3 but i dunno if abit sells them individually
i wish someone just made a really large copper finned active heatsink with a high power 60mm fan on it

you can get the replacement abit nb hs/fan from excaliberpc

 

[StarsCupChmps99]

I'm using the Thermaltake Tiger 1 also and it works well. The temps are only slightly less than the original but there were just to many issues with the original fans when these boards came out so I switched.

 

[BadThad]

Thanks everyone!

 

[beatle]

If you like, I'll ship you mine. I got a Zalman passive cooler for Christmas and the stock Abit HSF is just sitting in a baggie. You'll have to provide your own metal clip, since I reused it, but other than that, it only has a few weeks use.

 

[BadThad]

Thanks, but I went ahead and ordered a few from newegg.

Did any of you remove the thing from around the edge of the NB? There's like a "padding" to protect the NB core from the pressure of the heatsink. I'm thinking it's worthless.

 

[hytek369]

get the best - swiftec NB coolers

 

[BadThad]

bump

I need to know this:

Did any of you remove the thing from around the edge of the NB? There's like a "padding" to protect the NB core from the pressure of the heatsink. I'm thinking it's worthless.