Could someone suggest a NB cooler for my P4P800-Deluxe?

[futuristicmonkey]

Anyways, my NB temp isn't bad at 26 degrees C (it never goes up, and usually never goes down) with my P4P800-Deluxe's stock cooler, but, I would like to have something that will keep it even cooler to help stabilize my overclocks. The only problem I have with it is, is that to hold down the heatsink, there are four loops on the board near the NB. Hooks coming out of the heatsink hook on to these and hold my cooler down. I have been looking at a few stores but they either don't have coolers with the right connections or the coolers aren't powerful enough (for my tastes).

Can anyone help me?

 

[jhurst]

Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
Anyways, my NB temp isn't bad at 26 degrees C (it never goes up, and usually never goes down) with my P4P800-Deluxe's stock cooler, but, I would like to have something that will keep it even cooler to help stabilize my overclocks. The only problem I have with it is, is that to hold down the heatsink, there are four loops on the board near the NB. Hooks coming out of the heatsink hook on to these and hold my cooler down. I have been looking at a few stores but they either don't have coolers with the right connections or the coolers aren't powerful enough (for my tastes).

Can anyone help me?

Stabilize your overclocks? Your NB isn't holding you back from OC'ing. The stock cooling is fine for your NB. I wouldn't spend the money and the time to change it. Your CPU/RAM/etc. keep you from overclocking, not your NB cooler lol.

 

[futuristicmonkey]

Oh, I just remembered, the way my cooling is set up, air going through my NB goes into the CPU then out of my case (with a custom exhaust I made myself with a coke bottle - lol). So I figure that if my NB temp goes down a little, my CPU temp might go down a degree or two as well.

I suppose your right but, I would still like to have my NB temps cooler, if for nothing else than bragging rights.

 

[Nebor]

Replace it with a passive Zalman heatsink. Those little northbridge fans are usually the loudest part in any system.