nF3 chipset cooler and cpu cooler?

[Mars1]

Whats the best HS and fan I can get for my setup (look in sig)?

Silence is also a factor when it comes to this... It must be silent but also be able to handle oc'ing.

 

also.

 

The chipset on my board often times climbs above 50degrees celcius. It gets very hot... it seems a tight fit with the video card being so close... how can I get a better cooling solution for my chipset?

 

a quick search on the net, and I am only more perplexed... I need some input from experienced folks such as your selves... thank you.

 

~Mark

[Angry_Games]

best cooling for me is Danger Den watercooling

 

for the 'best bang for the buck', its a Thermalright XP-90 + 92mm fan combo @ www.svc.com for $29.99

 

for chipset fans, contact ViperJohn at these forums...he makes custom chipset fans for the NF3 and they are ultra fantastic

[Guest Blooz1]

I've had great luck with the Zalman passive coolers for chipset use.

 

I replaced the stock heatsink on my UT 250Gb with the standard gold-colored Zalman using AS Ceramique, and my temps never go higher than 39C.

 

The Zalman sinks are also dirt cheap, and can be found just about anywhere - check SVC as Angry posted!

[Yashu]

Just remount yours... I have the stock heatsink and never go above 39C even with chipset volts turned up.

[Mars1]

Just remount yours... I have the stock heatsink and never go above 39C even with chipset volts turned up.

 

by remount...

Do you mean take heatsink off and apply some artic silver 5 or something similar?

~Mark

[Mars1]

I've had great luck with the Zalman passive coolers for chipset use.

 

I replaced the stock heatsink on my UT 250Gb with the standard gold-colored Zalman using AS Ceramique, and my temps never go higher than 39C.

 

The Zalman sinks are also dirt cheap, and can be found just about anywhere - check SVC as Angry posted!

Thank you very much I will look into that solution...

"Zalman" is a name I hear alot, but I haven't had any personal experience with their products.... so far.

~Mark

[Guest Blooz1]

If and when you take your stock heatsink off, you'll be likely to find that it's only making actual contact with only part of the chipset. This isn't unusual, from what I've seen on more than one brand of MB.

 

As Yashu said, you CAN try remounting it using a good TIM like AS. I find that usually the stock heatsink isn't very flat, so even that won't always work. They either need lapping or replacement, which is easier. That's why I recommended the Zalman passive HS.

[Mars1]

best cooling for me is Danger Den watercooling

 

for the 'best bang for the buck', its a Thermalright XP-90 + 92mm fan combo @ www.svc.com for $29.99

 

for chipset fans, contact ViperJohn at these forums...he makes custom chipset fans for the NF3 and they are ultra fantastic

Thank you for replying so fast! I really appriciate what you guys do here and also props. for getting with andy and testing to find out if 1gig. sticks work on the type mobo I have.

water cooling... humm... maybe down the road when I put together a fx55 system or a 65nm core uber rig. I might go with a promethia machII or similar "exotic"... but with what I have now, I'm going to stick with normal air. btw what kind of temps. do you get with a "danger den" water cooled rig?

I like your second sugestion better hehe:)

I will go to that link you posted and see... Do you know if that solution is quiet? I really want a quiet system that completely stable at 2.42~2.5ghz.

ViperJohn? ok... I'll look around for him and pm. The things I would need to ask him ...Are if his solutions are active cooling or passive like what blooz1 sugested with the zalman? and. Is it quiet inaudible?

 

~Mark

[Guest Blooz1]

ViperJohn builds awesome heatsinks and custom video cards. Really nice stuff!

 

I don't know what you're lookin' to spend, which is why I suggested the Zalman sink, which is only $5-6 most places.

[Angry_Games]

Thank you for replying so fast! I really appriciate what you guys do here and also props. for getting with andy and testing to find out if 1gig. sticks work on the type mobo I have.

 

are you who I was testing that for? Hope it was helpful...I just plugged those modules in and blammo off to the races

 

DangerDen = the temps are not crazy like 10°C or anything, but they are about 28°C @ idle @ stock speeds

 

about 31°C to 35°C @ overclocked idle speeds

 

and about 39°C @ overclocked, fully stressed and loaded cpu 100% use speeds (even dual-core X2 cpu's)

 

the watercooling, if done right and quality parts/kits are used, will keep your cpu just above room temp even during serious overclocking (tho there is a limit)

 

Plus it can allow more overclock

 

phase-change (subzero) cooling is the best, but the most expensive, and the most hassle setting up and maintaining (if you want to change a cpu? heh...good luck...it can be done, but it costs money for new string and its just a hassle...but still the best cooling)

 

watercooling is moderate difficulty to set up, and if done right, is quite easy to change cpu's etc. It is the median in expense, but worth every penny.

 

air cooling is the cheapest and easiest, but is also the easiest to get wrong. Zalman, Thermalright...those are the only two companies I use for air cooling. An XP-90 @ $24.99 is the best bang for the buck on the market right now.

 

Zalman also makes good chipset sinks....but I have a couple from ViperJohn and they are handmade and simply fantastic, and can be customized at order (if you have a giant vid card that might chew up some space where the chipset sink would be, VJ can cut it for you before shipping etc). His are a little spendy, but for my money, I'd rather spend it with him and know I am getting the best (plus his vid card mods are outrageous....top spots for ATI cards on teh benchmarking sites usually)

[Guest Blooz1]

Ok Mars, here ya go!

 

There's a post by ViperJohn at the bottom of this linked page, along with a link to a photo album where you can see whaat some of his stuff looks like!

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...1278#post201278

[Mars1]

The info you guys provide is invaluable ... :nod:

Thank You.

 

> my mobo... I should have the memory in slot 1 and 3?

I thought they should be in 1&2 closest to cpu... or is this just my ignorance once again getting in the way of me seeing the truth. :shake:

 

I did some reading and I'm considering the scythe ninja1000 w/12cm nexus

 

What are/is er opinion on this HS?

 

There isn't alot of space above my mobo so I don't think a zalman would fit the psu is pretty close. I'm really concerned with noise; and as ghey as it may sound, I'm not going for a maximum oc with this current chip... just looking for an equal to 3700+ ~2.5ghz

As long as I can keep stock temps while oc'ing and have normal voltages a divider would be alright as long as I don't go under 200mhz on the memory... kinda see what I'm going for... even though oc'ing has an effect on the longivity of components I want to make it to where I have the least almost zero impact on components for this particular build. I know I'm going to need better memory and a HS to do this...

I am proably going with the one stick of that mem you tested (angry) you think I can get a good oc on it DDR500? 250HTT 1/1 stock timings 2.6~2.7vdimm vcore1.5 chipset 1.6 or if I did get it since you have experience with these components do you have a better suggestion?... better parts? ...

 

I will be rebuilding my oc demon with my Tbred I have laying around soon to have components on that :evil: heheh. I had a 1ghz oc on that thing long time ago w/tt volcano... I believe I can do better too. :grin: >) <---- I might consider a dangerden with that...