Advice on cheap cooling add-ons...

[kbruno]

Any Advice on some things i can buy to help cool my north bridge....my video card sits right over it and i think it heats it up more too...my video card runs pretty hot sometimes too...any things that I can buy to help this problem out....my CPU is cool now that I bought a thermaltake venus fan&heatsink but my chipset gets pretty hot...playing Fable for couple of hours can get it into mid to high 50s and my video card will maybe a few degrees hotter than that..any ideas?

[thejamesvolta]

It's normal for video cards to get that hot. I wouldn't worry too much if that is your Load temp. As far as chipset goes, here is a popular replacement around here.

 

http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50820

[kbruno]

thanks i just ordered one right now....it will work on my board right?

[thejamesvolta]

yeah, it should. UPS should be at my door on Monday with mine. Can't wait!

[Guest Blooz1]

That's the "hands down" favorite chipset cooler here at the "Street".

 

It'll work fine on your board, kbruno!

[kaisyo]

My cheap mod was ... a antec 80mm fan ... bolted onto a L bracket ..

then i bolt the L braket to where my HD would sit near the bottom of case

bolted at a 45* angle.... blows chipset exhaust toward back exhaust