nf590 water blocks?

[StizzSwizz]

Hey guys, I have been doing some searching on this forum and some google searching as well, and I can't find anybody that has watercooled the chipsets on the new DFI Lanparty nf590 motherboard. I just picked up one of these boards for a new build, and ordered a "Fluid XP+ Vortex XP" CPU water block for it, but I would like to see somebody that has watercooled the dual chipsets on the new DFI AM2 board.

 

Would it be necessary to cool both chipsets (it would seem logical)? I'll have the new setup running by the end of this week, and I can't wait until I get this thing OC'd!! I even picked up some of that new OCZ XLC ram!

 

 

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[Angry_Games]

the southbridge (the shiny copper-finned fan) is always incredibly hot on my Lanparty NF590 (my current rig with SLI cards), but I just left the chipset fan on I'm not sure any other cooler would do any better.

 

For watercooling, this is the chip you want to cool. The "northbridge" chip never gets warm for me (or warm enough to warrant anything but the passive cooler that is on it).

 

If you are looking to get rid of noise, water would do that (and of course keep temps low), as would one of the passive heatpipes like Thermalright makes. But in the testing that I and the mods that have touched the NF590 as it has been passed around (I got one full time as my rig, 3 of the moderators here have another one passing around and have all had their turn with it) haven't really found a need to do anything but leave the stock copper fin fan (heh) on it. At least the stock one is rather quiet (I assume, mine is quieter than my Nautilus watercooling unit lol).

 

It always made me slightly nervous though as I could not keep my fingers on the fins for more than a second before it just burned (this was on both of the NF590 SLI LP boards)

 

However hot it gets, mine has been running like a champ day in and day out for a couple of months now, gaming, fixing this forum up, email, videos and video editing, music, blah blah blah.

 

You can try places like Swiftech and DangerDen to see if they have anything that fits a NF590 chipset (not sure if the DFI is standard hole/mount like other 590's or not)

[StizzSwizz]

Thanks alot, I appreciate the info. After I get the computer running and start overclocking, I will see what the temps are in my case.

 

Also, I heard the chip next to the PWM heatsinked chip gets hot, but that the manufacture specs on that chip says it can handle over 120C. Would you see any reason not to install a small heatsink, similiar to the PWM chip next to it? The reason being, my case doesn't have the best airflow, since almost everything will be watercooled, even my RAM. But there will be a couple small (probably 2 - 40mm) fans pushing air around the mobo so hopefully they will be adequate. I guess I'll have to wait and see, this weekend I'll have the system running.

 

Also, I just wanted to state that I am impressed with the new OCZ water cooled RAM (Flex XLC), the quality of the cooling blocks is outstanding, and very heavy, almost so heavy that I would be worried if my motherboard was in a standard vertical position, it must add quite a bit of strain on the RAM slots.

 

 

 

Thanks,

Steve

[catkicker]

never hurts to add heatsinks to Mosfets/chips

This guy has a great selection at good prices

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=3...light=heatsinks

[StizzSwizz]

Well I got my new motherboard running and took some measurements of the chipset coolers and the IC next to the PWM IC incase someone is planning a watercooling setup.