How to lower motherboard temperature...?

[illusionz3]

I need some suggestions to lower my motherboard temp. It's a P4C800-E with a 3.0e @ 3690 MHz. Asus probe reads 60 C Load for CPU (not bad for prescott) and 45 C for motherboard. I have a Lian-Li pc-61 with all the stock fans. I swaped out the northbridge heatsink for a zalman blue one (i don't think there's any difference, just looked cooler). What's the best way to cool down the mobo? Right now the system is pretty damn quiet so I'd like to keep the noise down as much as possible. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[NokiaDude]

THIS is what you need!!!!! If I had $30 and some time I'd install it on my AT7-MAX2 in a heartbeat!!

Northpole Northbridge Cooler

 

[illusionz3]

Looks nice. I see a very limited amount of online vendors that have it though. Just out of curiosty, any idea how it compares to the Thermalright Chipset Cooler?

 

[NokiaDude]

They perform on the same level but the Northpole cooler has the better "cool" factor. The Thermalright is plain jane.

 

[Sylvanas]

right now i have one pannel of my case off and a normal destop fan blowing on it. idle 25c :thumbsup:

 

[illusionz3]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
right now i have one pannel of my case off and a normal destop fan blowing on it. idle 25c :thumbsup:

I used to do that, very dusty

 

[obifunkenobi]

put ice in it

 

[illusionz3]

Originally posted by: obifunkenobi
put ice in it

Yea...ok :roll:

 

[jhurst]

You aren't likely to drop that temp very much. Alot of that 45C comes from the fact that there is a 60C CPU within a couple inches of it. 45C is not something to worry about, my NB temp stays right around 10-12C cooler than my CPU @ load (CPU: 53C, NB: 42C). If chipsets needed more cooling then MB manufacturers would make more active cooling systems, but in truth, they don't.