GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L owners!

[diduknowthat]

For all the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L owners out there, has anyone used an aftermarket northbridge heatsink? Does anyone know if there are mounting holes for it? My northbridge is running fricken hot and I thought I'd slap on a better heatsink.

 

[fortyways]

It has standard push pins. How hot is yours getting?

 

[diduknowthat]

70ºC load from a probe placed ontop of the heatsink

 

[fortyways]

What about the motherboard's internal sensor?

In any case, it might be easier to mount a very low RPM fan somewhere near it. If you're still using your Ninja passively it probably isn't getting any airflow at all. Intel even states a top-down CPU HSF as a necessity for the chipset's sake.

Maybe something like this:

With a ~500RPM Scythe or Nexus fan mounted to it?

The three holes on the left get screwed onto expansion card slots and a fan can be attached anywhere along the holes to the right.

If you really want to replace the heatsink, I've seen this and this used on Gigabyte P35 boards before.