I need help cooling my northbridge chipset.

[eojinlim]

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.

 

[CalvinHobbes]

http://www.svc.com/chipsetcoolers1.html
http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCa...tegory=572&name=Memory-Chipset-Cooling

 

[The-Noid]

I put a Thermaltake Extreme Spirit on any computer that comes with a DS3. Seems to work quite well.

 

[eojinlim]

On a followup, would the northbridge heating up to very high temperatures create that particular 380FSB wall I am faced with?

 

[Markfw]

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.

 

[eojinlim]

Well, currently my case is open. How would i temporarily attach a fan and where would I attach it?

 

[eojinlim]

Originally posted by: Yoxxy
I put a Thermaltake Extreme Spirit on any computer that comes with a DS3. Seems to work quite well.

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.

 

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: eojinlim
Well, currently my case is open. How would i temporarily attach a fan and where would I attach it?

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.

 

[The-Noid]

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.

 

[eojinlim]

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.

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?