Northbridge Cooling?

bumblebee_tuna · 08-17-2006, 11:30 PM

How critical is cooling the northbridge?

[-0MEGA-] · 08-17-2006, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bumblebee_tuna

How critical is cooling northbridge?

Well it has to be cooled, otherwise it will overheat and crash your system. But there isn't a reasonm to upgrade from the stock cooler, unless it's really loud and you want a quieter one. But DO NOT remove the heatsink or fan.

bumblebee_tuna · 08-17-2006, 11:49 PM

Well, I was thinking about replacing my stock, passive heatsink with the CoolMaster heatsink and fan.

a123 · 08-18-2006, 12:49 AM

you might want to look into Zalman's chipset heatsinks

[-0MEGA-] · 08-18-2006, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bumblebee_tuna

Well, I was thinking about replacing my stock, passive heatsink with the CoolMaster heatsink and fan.

It's not necessary, but if you want to add a third party heatsink/fan go ahead. It may lower the temps a bit as well.

SirKenin · 08-18-2006, 04:42 PM

Unfortunately northbridge cooling is a fact of life with AMD motherboards. The stock cooling will work fine, but you will probably find that the fan will eventually seize up. That's what I hate about those stupid things.

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08-18-2006, 04:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
SirKenin banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 4,711	Unfortunately northbridge cooling is a fact of life with AMD motherboards. The stock cooling will work fine, but you will probably find that the fan will eventually seize up. That's what I hate about those stupid things.