Need some serious cooling on my mobo's north bridge

Kazer · Post by **Kazer** » Thu Sep 20, 2001 2:59 am

Need some serious cooling on my mobo's north bridge. I think that it's holding me back from overclocking my FSB any higher.
Right now I have a crappy Thermaltake Blue Orb.
My temps are 31C Idle and 33C Full Load.
ACPI is disabled by the way.

Does anyone have any suggestions on a better way to cool it ?

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Thu Sep 20, 2001 4:19 am

believe it or not.. I've noticed for most cases, the default cooling is adequate for overclocking...
in some cases when the new cooler on the chipset isn't on properly or doesn't make good contact, you end up w/ even worse performance (o/c'ing wise)
are you using tape, the spring loaded clips, or artic silver epoxy to attach the orb?
if you're not using the epoxy.. i suggest you give that a shot...
go buy one of the nice copper geforce hs/f... or even just the heatsink and attach it to the northbridge via artic silver epoxy...

good luck buddy... you could always go try the ECS K7S5A... it's cheap enough... read my post on the results in this section of the forums

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Sep 20, 2001 9:50 am

Whats wrong with those temps? they seem Fine 2 me. I wold check your clock generator. usually it gets Really hot. try adding a heatsink to it. but if you Do want to cool your North bridge better get one of these: http://2cooltek.safeshopper.com/51/166.htm?188 or these: http://millisec.safeshopper.com/11/350.htm?971 I have both and the proform just about the same. I think the alluminum is a better choice in this situation though.

Greg