OcUK/J&W X48D2-Extreme Cooling...

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:46

Righto guys, whats your thoughts on cooling the motherboards chipsets. Heatpipes or heatsinks? With reasons if you can.

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:49

Couple of EK blocks with custom tops.

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:52

http://ekwaterblocks.com/ Water blocks eh? Not quite the stock air cooling I was after... Keeping in mind I was asking what do you think they should ship with sensibly

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:56

spicypixel said:
http://ekwaterblocks.com/ Water blocks eh? Not quite the stock air cooling I was after... Keeping in mind I was asking what do you think they should ship with sensibly

Oh right I get you now.

Nothing.

If it didnt come with anything then a bit more cash would be saved.

I wouldnt mind seeing some Enzotech coolers on there or any mobo as a matter of fact. :cool:

gt_junkie · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:58

For ease of installing aftermarket cooling i'd say seperate heatsinks on northbridge, southbridge and pwm's.

The crazycool heatpipe on my gigabyte has been a headache in terms of potential watercooling installs.

gt

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 13:58

So you would want the board shipped heatsinkless?

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:00

http://www.enzotechnology.com/cnb_s1.htm
those look pretty good, but will push the price up... Its a balance of cost/performance again.

kenofstephen · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:00

spicypixel said:
So you would want the board shipped heatsinkless?

that would save J&W's costs, and save your costs finally.
but I always think SB heatsink is a must.

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:01

spicypixel said:
So you would want the board shipped heatsinkless?

Personally I would.

If not then definatly with some kind of quality heat sink. Enzotech or Thermalright.

No damn heatpipes for sure though. Non of this Asus rubbish.

This on NB, this on SB if they did come shipped with heatsinks. :cool:

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:03

While I agree with you Azza, those heatsinks look really nice and would give the board a very nice finnish I dont think they would be applicable to the lower price of the board. Unless they get a very good deal of them in bulk.

gt_junkie · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:09

Not too bothered about quality as even a fairly simple aluminium sink does a fine job on most chipsets (680i excluded

).

Just something that cools acceptably but can be easily removed and replaced with more extreme cooling if needed!

gt

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:09

spicypixel said:
While I agree with you Azza, those heatsinks look really nice and would give the board a very nice finnish I dont think they would be applicable to the lower price of the board. Unless they get a very good deal of them in bulk.

Well if it turned out cheaper than buying the board with out heatsinks and then buying them myself, then im not complaning.

Just using them as an example of what heatsinks i would like to see being used.

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:10

So intel reference heatsinks would be fine?

gt_junkie · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:13

spicypixel said:
So intel reference heatsinks would be fine?

Yup - i'd say so.

As far as i'm concerned stock southbridge and pwm cooling is fine even when clocking. I'd only really consider watercooling the northbridge if i was running high fsb's with extra nb voltage.

As said above - a heatpipe linked cooling solution presents a major headache if you wanted to use aftermarket cooling.

gt

m0r94n · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:19

Heatsinks would be the better idea, even just the Intel reference ones. That way if anyone had a problem with them they could replace them easily, perhaps with the copper ones mentioned above.

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:34

What about the idea of two models, one with a heatpipe, one with a heatsink? akin to DFI UT/LT series.

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:38

spicypixel said:
What about the idea of two models, one with a heatpipe, one with a heatsink? akin to DFI UT/LT series.

And a thrid one for me with no heatsinks.

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:39

Yeah but splitting a product line into two or three means higher costs as mass production is abit smaller on each part. Personally I'm leaning towards heatsinks only cause taking off $1's worth of aluminum for your needs isn't going to be that bad now is it?

spicypixel · 30 Mar 2008 at 14:55

Cheaper without heatpipe... look as it as a two fold win, dont have to throw it away, and its cheaper to start with

Azza · 30 Mar 2008 at 15:06

How about they come with heatsinks but they are not already on the board.

Means I dont have to spend time taking them off then.