nforce4 cooling

[knght990]

I have the typical overheating problem with the nforce4. My board just has a heatsink. On a few of the ASUS nforce5 boards there is a heatpipe on the nfocre5 chip. Is this effective, it looks like my video card could sit over it. Can this be purchased seperately and if so who makes it?
-TL

 

[tallman45]

This worked for me on an Asus A8N-E whcih I had to use a HS that I could swivel to get out of the way of the X1900XT

If needed and if you have room, you can add an 80mm fan easily

HR-05

 

[RallyMaster]

depends on the location of the chip on your board. if it's under the PCI-e x16 slots, you're stuck with a thin cooler. otherwise, I would recommend the Thermalright HR-05 as well. I personally use a Cooler Master Blue Ice 2 but the fan seems to be dying already (6 months of use).

 

[potato28]

Jing Ting heat pipe cooler. It can be moved so that u can have sli, and a 60mm fan to cool it off.

 

[knght990]

Im looking for the heatsink in this picture. or something very close to it. the jing ting is interesting.

 

[RallyMaster]

That type of heatsink won't fit on all motherboards. Only the motherboard it is designed for will take it.