chipset cooling recomendations

[rieds]

i have a a asus m5a78l-m lx motherboard and i need some help with a northbridge cooler. i allready have a antec 920 cpu cooler and the radiator and fans prevent me from using one of the tower type chipset coolers so ill have to go with a low profile cooler. most of the ones i find on the net don't say if they fit certain chipsets or motherboards. need some help here.

[Boinker]

Ill look into this when I get home. Give me a bit and ill see what I can do.

[Waco]

What's wrong with the stock cooler?

[rieds]

What's wrong with the stock cooler?

 

theres no fan on the northbridge just a aluminum heatsink. it gets really warm. i wondered if it was just the cpu i had in it at the time but i switched from a phenom ii x4 840 to fx6100 and it still gets really warm. i put the phenom in my backup rig which is a msi 785gm-p45 and it runs much cooler on this board and the northbridge chipset doesnt get warm at all on this board. wonder if its a asus thing cause i've read a lot of reviews on am3+ motherboards and noticed a lot of comments about the northbridge runnin really warm on asus boards. but i have seen comments on other am3+ boards. maybe its a am3+ chipset thing. who knows?

Edited January 9, 2012 by rieds

[Waco]

Why not simply have some airflow past it?

[Drdeath]

Cooling the chipset is worthless. I would doo 2 things. Reapply tim and you will lose about 10 degrees and get a 80Mm fan to blow on the heatsink. The NB on your board is prob fine with what you have. They all get hot and you could run the NB up to almost 100 celcius with no problems.

[sword_fish]

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

Edited January 10, 2012 by sword_fish

[rieds]

im lookin into a enzotech heatsink with fan. im short on space cause my radiator for my cpu cooler sticks out so far from the back of the box. wonder how hard or if its possible to add a chipset cooler to that system? guess that would give me a reason to take the fitings apart so i can put the radiator on the outside of the box. i was gonna do it when i installed it but i figured since it was a sealed system i best not go tearin it apart.

Edited January 10, 2012 by rieds

[Boinker]

I would pop the gpu out and take some measurements of the NB chip mounts. Once you know how far apart they are you will have a better idea of what kind of Chooser hsf you can use. If not there is always the ziptie a 40-60mm fan to it method. I'd go closer to 60mm as the 40mm fans do nit do much. Other then that there is this website with there Chooser cooler.

 

http://www.xoxide.com/memandchipco.html?gclid=CJyjh-zoxa0CFeJdTAod2BeENg#shop-by-type

[Tjj226_Angel]

i used to have a 70++C bootup temps with my NB and tiping 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's 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

 

This is sort of off topic, but I just wanted to say that you have a nice looking rig Sword_Fish

[Tjj226_Angel]

You say that you can use any of the tower type coolers because your fan (from the 920 I assume) is in the way. Is that what you meant or did I misunderstand?

 

Let us pretend that that is what you meant. Have you considered putting one of the fans on the outside of the case with some dust filters and a grill? That could provide enough space for bulkier cooling solutions. What boinker pointed out is very good, but I think that what sword fish has is better simply because you can choose the direction of the airflow to maximize efficiency. The more options with a cooler the better .

 

At the same time if the NB is really getting that hot, I would looking into re-seating that heat sink or replace entirely with something off the page that boinker linked in conjunction with the air cooler sword fish has.

[sword_fish]

thanks for the compliment tjj226_Angel!

 

@ rieds

 

how much had you getting with your NB temps btw? worth a try re-seating your NB HS as what Angel suggested, carefully clean your chip free of those old OEM TIM then re-apply an aftermarket ones.

the MSI X58 pro-e boards was noted for having a crappy factory installation of their NB heat sinks(lack of contact pressure to the chip) and that infamous TIM, aside from replacing my TIM; i used these 'tiny' rubber O rings that i bought from a local auto supply shop. it served as spacers with the screws mounting the HS and adds enough mounting pressure what i need for the chip others suggested those plastic/composite nuts used for RC cars which i cant find locally so i ended up with the rubber ones.

try first to push gently your HS towards your mobo(PC running) and see if your NB temp drops as you add pressure with the HS, then re-doing your HS is the way to go.

or you may install a 140mm fan at your 5.25 bay(intake) if you still have room to add airflow into that 'dead space'.... options are endless.