Anyone use chipset coolers?

[Executioner]

Just curious of anyone uses chipset coolers. While playing around with a spare Asus P3S8X, I noticed that the tiny little chipset gets very hot. Reminds me of the old Voodoo3 vid cards with passive heat sink that got very hot to the touch.

If you do use one, can you recommend some brands?

 

[BW86]

Zalman ZM-NB47J or ZM-NB32J

Thermalright NB-1C

 

[legatech]

Thermaltake Extreme Spirit North Bridge Cooler

Swiftech MCX159-A, or MCX159-A

 

[Executioner]

OK thanks for the info. Who is a good dealer to get those coolers from?

 

[Operandi]

Active cooling on the chipset is completly useless unless your over clocking. I like the Zalman personally.

FrozenCPU has a nice selection of both active and passive coolers

 

[Sonic587]

Originally posted by: BW86
Zalman ZM-NB47J or ZM-NB32J

:thumbsup:

Cheapest I've seen them is at SVC.

 

[Executioner]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Active cooling on the chipset is completly useless unless your over clocking. I like the Zalman personally.

FrozenCPU has a nice selection of both active and passive coolers

OK thanks for the info. I don't plan to overclock, but the existing heatsink gets very hot, and it just bothers me as to how hot this sucker gets in ambient conditions.

 

[Cerb]

Originally posted by: Sonic587

Originally posted by: BW86
Zalman ZM-NB47J or ZM-NB32J

:thumbsup:
Cheapest I've seen them is at SVC.

I still haven't used the 47j, but the 32j is great.

 

[Muse]

I saw that some people were putting a small fan on the Northbridge chip on their MSI KT3 Ultra2 MB's, which is what I currently have in my main system. So, when I went to a computer show, I picked up a little fan for a buck and installed it. Now that I'm modding the PC to "double" as an HTPC, I'm thinking of removing it. The manufacturer didn't see fit to include a fan on it so I figure they didn't feel it is required. It probably depends some on your case temperatures and your usage.