Watercooling P45 Northbridge?

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Hello, all. I'm in the process of ordering my WC gear at the moment, I'm sure I'll have some more questions before the final order though.LOL The loop will be for my CPU and HD4870. The pump is the XSPC Dual bay 750, rad will be the RX360 (when it comes out in January) and I've already got the XSPC 4870 full cover block.

I already have a block fitted to the Northbridge of my mb although its barbs are 3/8 and I'm not even sure if they can be changed. I'd rather do the loop with 7/16 tubing. So...is it even worth making a smaller, separate loop for the NB alone or is there any way to incorporate it? Is there any point at all, given that the P45 NB isn't too bad anyway?

Thanks.
 
I think most p45's run pretty cool on the NB, on my p5q deluxe with 1.3v on the NB my temps are in the low 30's. Im running a q6600 @3.8ghz, (air cooling) and id expect that a 45nm chip will need less volts on NB etc, therefore would run cooler.
 
If you are installing the WC loop to remove the case fans then the NB need attention.
If you keeping the Mobo/HHD/PSU actively cooled - don't bother - the 750 will have issues will pushing water through two restrictive blocks as it is.
 
shadowscotland said:
If you are installing the WC loop to remove the case fans then the NB need attention.
If you keeping the Mobo/HHD/PSU actively cooled - don't bother - the 750 will have issues will pushing water through two restrictive blocks as it is.
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Thanks. This was what I was also worried about as I know it's not the best of pumps to begin with. I'll keep some airflow around there for the extra heatpipe on the mb for the moment(it works quite well anyway) and maybe put a small loop in for the NB and the RAM at a later date.

Thanks for the help, people.
 
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