Best passive northbridge heatsink?

MiranoPoncho

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Oct 7, 2004
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Noise is an issue in my next computer, and I am wondering, what best northbridge heatsink that is passive i could use on my mobo.These three
Clearence, noise(or lack thereof) and preformence are my main concerns.
 

RHITee05

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Nov 2, 2005
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The ZM-NB47J will serve you very nicely. I have one one my Neo2 Platinum and it works like a charm. The only catch is you will have to trim a few of the fins off to clear your graphics card. It's very easy to do, though, since the aluminum is soft and easy to work with, and it won't noticeably degrade the cooling performance. My board runs at least as cool as it did with the stock cooler, and OC performance isn't degraded either.

All in all, a very easy and cheap mod that will do a lot to quiet things down.