Originally posted by: aigomorla
Originally posted by: QuantumPion
Originally posted by: aigomorla
Originally posted by: QuantumPion
Does anyone know if the thermalright HR-05 northbridge cooler fits on an EVGA 680i motherboard? I'd prefer to use it over the HR-05-sli because I am using a zalman 9500 cpu cooler and it would provide better airflow being directly infront of the fan.
Also, what would be a good southbridge cooler to use, that is low enough profile to fit under a 8800gtx?
dont think of it, and dont try.
The sinks on the EVGA will most likely be better then the HR-05.
Honestly unless its the old NF4 fan style, i feel HSF shouldnt be replaced. The only exception i see in this would be if you were on water, where cooling the NB actually does help in performance thanks to intels memory controler located on the NB.
Well I don't mean to be rude but I don't think you know what you are talking about. The EVGA one is hot, noisy, and I am overclocking. I've had several boards where I installed after market north bridge coolers and they all worked great.
noisey??? how can a passive HSF be noisey? explain please :]
Do you mean the fan attachment you got with the upgraded package? I still doubt the HR-05 SLI will be able to beat the stock evga with that fan on. You would need to put a fan on the HR.
if its hot, that means you have a heating issue inside your case. Fugger managed to bring his FSB near 500mhz with air blowing over it. So how is it possible that your overheating on that board?
The "optional" fan for the heatsink is really required, as the northbridge temperature exceeds 75 C without it, before overclocking. At 50% speed, and overclocking modestly, the northbridge is still >60 C, which is too high for my liking. The problem is that the OEM heatsink just isn't very good.
I've read in other forums that using the HR-05 SLI has reduced users northbridge temperatures to below 50 C while overclocking, even when only passively cooled. While the thermalright does not have a fan, it will be positioned right at the inlet of my CPU cooler, which should draw decent airflow through the fins.
Oh, and I am using a P180 case, with an ambient case temperature only slightly above room temperature. My CPU runs very cool even while overclocking, usually around 32 C. The problem is not my case, it is the very hot northbridge with less then adequate heatsink.
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