Best way to cool the NB on the DS3?

[Zinn]

I'm thinking about getting a DS3. One thing I hear all over the place is that the stock passive northbridge sink is woefully inadequate. I was wondering what people here have done to improve cooling while pushing this thing over 450 FSB.

Clearance will definitely be an issue as I have a Zalman 9700 cooler that I intend to use on it.

Any tips?

 

[vailr]

One of the Thermalright chipset coolers:
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/index.html?stocknumber=HSK-TRI-HR5
coupled with a 70 mm fan.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: vailr
One of the Thermalright chipset coolers:
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/index.html?stocknumber=HSK-TRI-HR5
coupled with a 70 mm fan.

That thing looks pretty cool. :thumbsup: If I have problems with my DS3's NB I will try this.

 

[BlingBlingArsch]

Zalman NB47 and maybe an fan that blows at it.

 

[yiranhu]

What if you just get a 80 mm fan and have it blow across the NB towards the CPU and Exhaust fan direction. I think that may just take the hotness out of the NB.
BTW, what temperatures do you guys see on your NB?

 

[Fiddy]

I replaced mine with the Thermalright HR-05 + 70mm fan on my DS3. Works great, much better that the stock cooling. Kind of a PITA to put on but worth it. If you get the 70mm from Bestbyte be sure to have a fan controller to slow it down because it's pretty loud full blast.

70 x 70 x 15mm fan