KT133 North Bridge

[eyor]

Does it really need that fan? What if the fan was replaced with a nice heatsink?

 

[Dark4ng3l]

I think it just needs a heatsinc. Why are you asking this? I wouldnt add cooling to the northbridge.

 

[lsd]

<< Why are you asking this? I wouldnt add cooling to the northbridge >>


Why not? The fan is there for a reason.

 

[odog]

prolly because the KT7 has a HS/F... and no it's not required, since nobody else besides abit uses them🙂

 

[LXi]

Abit uses it so their board look cooler and makes people think that they're for real in tweaking.

 

[RagingGuardian]

May not be necessary but it sure do look cool, especially if it's a blue orb.

 

[rominl]

a fan is idiculously unnecesary

a hs is ok, but even if you take away the hs, it's gonna be fine.

 

[eyor]

darkangel: maybe you are missing the point. the kt7 *has* a fan on its north bridge, I was wondering if I could replace it with passive cooling for less noise. thanks for the responses, thats what I though. I think I read that some site (hardocp?) urged abit to add the cooling to the north bridge for &quot;more stability&quot;

 

[Dulanic]

Adding more stability by a fan on the north bridge is a joke for KT133.... the PLL chip is the part that wont let the MB run high FSB, if the PLL was better than yes a fan might be needed at the much higher FSB settings.