Cooling North/South Bridges

[arcenite]

I received my Vantec Iceberq today and realized it didn't just fit perfectly on the northbridge, but as well as the south bridge. Should I get another Iceberq for the southbridge or will a Zalman Heatsink suffice? I don't want to buy one if the decrease in temp is not sufficient.
Thanks 🙂

Bill

 

[Lord Evermore]

The southbridge doesn't really need cooling. I can't imagine that putting any heatsink on would be "not enough" cooling.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
The southbridge doesn't really need cooling. I can't imagine that putting any heatsink on would be "not enough" cooling.

here here

 

[PliotronX]

Go with the Zalman, it's more than enough for the SB and doesn't add another potentially noisy fan.

 

[arcenite]

Thank you for all of your replies 🙂

Bill

 

[alkemyst]

I would just use the heatsink you removed from the northbridge on the southbridge.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Lord Evermore
The southbridge doesn't really need cooling. I can't imagine that putting any heatsink on would be "not enough" cooling.

To the contrary the MCP SB on my 75FRN-L gets toasty especially with the vdd cranked to 1.8v so a hs is prudent for some users.

 

[Brian48]

The southbridge on the nForce2 DO get extremely very hot. I've got a small heatsink on the SB's of both my Soltek SL-75FRN-L and Epox 8RDA. To illustrate the point, check out the thermal images of the SB on the Epox 8RDA at the below link:



http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bubo/Southbridge/southbridge.html

 

[Lord Evermore]

Well sure if you're increasing the voltage to it. My MCP-T is warm, but not too warm to touch, so it's certainly cooler than any CPU heatsink gets (though I don't use the onboard sound). Anyone who's going so far as to modify the board to raise the voltage would already have some idea of what sort of cooling they need to do.