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I need help cooling my northbridge chipset.

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eojinlim

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I am pretty sure that my FSB wall at 380 is caused by a very hot northbridge chipset and I was wondering if anyone here could offer suggestions as to cooling it down. Please don't give me the generic advice or ask whether I have enough case air flow.

I'm asking specific guides or ideas or websites that provide a guide in cooling down the northbridge chipset on a DS3 mobo.

Hell, providing a link to an aftermarket chipset heatsink would work too.

I would prefer to see a guide in installing some sort of fan on to my chipset but don't exactly know how I'd go about doing it.
 
On a followup, would the northbridge heating up to very high temperatures create that particular 380FSB wall I am faced with?
 
See my reply in the other post. Try ANY fan with the case open, and see if that fixes it. Then you can find the permanent solution.
 
Originally posted by: Yoxxy
I put a Thermaltake Extreme Spirit on any computer that comes with a DS3. Seems to work quite well.
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Does the Thermaltake Extreme Spirit fit on the DS3 with a large CPU heatsink such as the Scythe HSF or the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro? Currently, I have the Arctic Freezer 7 Pro and I'm not sure whether it give enough clearance for a relateively large northrbridge chipset hsf fan.
 
Originally posted by: eojinlim
Well, currently my case is open. How would i temporarily attach a fan and where would I attach it?
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I found an extea 120 mm with a 4 pin molex, then I hung it using string, taped to the top of the case, where it was directly pointing at the northbrige, 4 inches away. There was plenty of airplow, it doesn;t have to be right on it if the fan is fast enough. Or a room fan (noisey) pointing straight at it.
 
Yes it will fit fine. You have to point the Extreme Spirit at the heatsink. Which is no problem. The extra 4-5 CFM's of hot air isn't going to ruin your overclock. I could take a picture if you would like. Cooled my chipset from high 40's to 35. CPU stays the same as before. Right around 35. E6400(4meg ES) @ 3.4 ghz.
 
Originally posted by: Yoxxy
Yes it will fit fine. You have to point the Extreme Spirit at the heatsink. Which is no problem. The extra 4-5 CFM's of hot air isn't going to ruin your overclock. I could take a picture if you would like. Cooled my chipset from high 40's to 35. CPU stays the same as before. Right around 35. E6400(4meg ES) @ 3.4 ghz.
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Ya, if you wouldn't mind, a picture would really help!

Did you hit a FSB wall before you got the chipset cooler or did you just install the chipset cooler before you started overclocking?
 
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