chipset cooling recomendations

[rieds]

 

got my enzotech heatsink yesterday and put it in. had to bend a group of three caps over just a touch to make it fit but other wise was pretty easy. had to remove the board cause there was no room to get a pair of snippers in there to cut off old push pins. dropped the temp 20c with only a 6.2 cfm fan. it also dropped my cpu and core temps about 5 deg too. i guess cause there in such close proximaty.

[Boinker]

Fix the wiring cluster and that will help your temps even more Then that hsf did.

[sword_fish]

nice job there rieds!

 

yeap, tuck away those slacks and you're far good then better

[d6bmg]

Fix the wiring cluster and that will help your temps even more Then that hsf did.

 

+1

 

@reids: nice job. Congrats!

[rieds]

i found a sunon 40x40x28 that is 18cfm. i'm gonna try it to see if it makes it a fair amount cooler. maybe throw the other fan on the southbridge. do they make motherboards that have chipset temp sensors?

[Boinker]

Its usually just the "system temperature" that you want to look for. Most motherboard have that sensor intergrated. Go to the motherboards manufacture website and see if they have a monitoring suite you can use.

[Il_napoletano]

i used to have a 70++C bootup temps with my NB and tipping the gauge up to 90++ which leaves me worried either, further research led me to MSI forums and found out that i'm not alone having that 'issue' with the MSI's X58 board .

tho Intel stated that the X58 chips can withstand up to 100deg C (after that X58 heat issue came out), but it was me who can't stand seeing my chip heats up like that

and so i replaced that crappy OEM TIM with Tuniq TX-3, did some mods with the HS then installed the Antec Spot cool fan for it. not bad for a whopping 40 deg drop after all .

 

here's the pic showing the Spot Cool fan;

 

 

or you may opt for Akasa Thermal Solution

 

Hi

I know it's a bit off topic but swordfish which thermometer is that on your NB? as im looking to get one

 

thanks

[Stonerboy779]

Hi

I know it's a bit off topic but swordfish which thermometer is that on your NB? as im looking to get one

 

thanks

I thought at first they were just something like the xspc ones except they aren't I too am interested now.

[sword_fish]

it's just a cheap LCD thermometer which i got from a local modder/seller @ PHP 250.00 each.

 

here's a picture how it looks;