Cooling the backside of the Socket or BGA?

[JPS]

This article suggests that cooling the backside of the socket, or BGA, would definitley help lower your CPU temps. Anyone ever tried anything like that? Results?
I suspect that you would simply cool the thermistor in the socket and the lowered temps would be a reflection of that and not lower CPU temps.

Anyone else?

 

[Jennifer66]

<< This article suggests that cooling the backside of the socket, or BGA, would definitley help lower your CPU temps. Anyone ever tried anything like that? Results?
I suspect that you would simply cool the thermistor in the socket and the lowered temps would be a reflection of that and not lower CPU temps.

Anyone else? >>


Yes you are correct you just cool the thermistor causing it seem like its really helping.
Others have tried this and found the same results long ago.

 

[eLiu]

there's an article over at overclockers.com talking about installing some fans behind the mobo...temps dropped by a few degrees C...I believe they ran a thermistor thing through the heatsink, and another some place on the mobo...not remembering the details too well...just that they said it helps