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How cool does your Northbridge need to be?

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glorygunk

Senior member
I have an ECS nForce4-A754 mobo running an Athlon 64 3000.

The mobo came with a noisy as hell northbridge fan, so I bought this one to replace it. It's great that it's silent, but it gets really hot (too hot to touch).

Is it OK that I leave it like this? Or should I find a way to establish more airflow?

Is there a program I could use to monitor NB temps?
 
It's hot to the touch? I would have gone for the XP-90 look alike by Thermalright. It's 100% copper heatsinkage for your NB! And, it can mount a 600mm (right?) fan.
 
Originally posted by: Safeway
It's hot to the touch? I would have gone for the XP-90 look alike by Thermalright. It's 100% copper heatsinkage for your NB! And, it can mount a 600mm (right?) fan.
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A 600mm fan? :shocked: That's one big mofo. 🙂
I believe it supports a 60mm fan though I'm unsure.
 
Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: Safeway
It's hot to the touch? I would have gone for the XP-90 look alike by Thermalright. It's 100% copper heatsinkage for your NB! And, it can mount a 600mm (right?) fan.
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A 600mm fan? :shocked: That's one big mofo. 🙂
I believe it supports a 60mm fan though I'm unsure.
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Yea yea yea ... it's a type. And it's actually a 45mm =)
 
Originally posted by: ribbon13
I'm not usually happy until the NB is at -459 degrees Fahrenheit.
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at 0 Kelvin...electricity would not conduct...

but anyway, i'm never satisfied with the stock NB cooling. it's always insanely loud and cools like crap. grab a zalman silent NB HSF or something of the like.
 
Originally posted by: moonlightcheese
Originally posted by: ribbon13
I'm not usually happy until the NB is at -459 degrees Fahrenheit.
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at 0 Kelvin...electricity would not conduct...

but anyway, i'm never satisfied with the stock NB cooling. it's always insanely loud and cools like crap. grab a zalman silent NB HSF or something of the like.
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We could run at a little higher then. 😛
 
I've got one of those passive blue Zalman's with a super little 25mm (might be 20mm) fan attached to the side, moves probably less than 2cfm but its more than enough to keep it cool.
 
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