Add fan to Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler

Jumping · 13 Jun 2007 at 12:16

Possible to add fan to Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler?

Hello guys

Been starting to get weird lockups on my system which I'm guessing is down to either 3 things. Not enough juice to CPU and NB, 1T command rate on my ram or overheating NB.

I have swapped out the default cooling on my P5Ne-SLi to Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler which seems to do a helluva lot better job than the stock heatsink.

But I was thinking of adding a fan to it. Has anyone done this? What kind of fan would fit this heatsink, I see there is grooves on the heatsink which seems to suggest you can add a fan onto it with the correct retention mechanism. Where would I be able to buy one of the fan retention clips?

Sorry for so many questions, hopefully some one will have tried this before or has some ideas.

I will change the voltage and command rate when I get home from work, but I still think added cooling could help as it still gets hot and if the weather gets hot again...

mp260767 · 13 Jun 2007 at 13:15

variety of solutions have been brought up form what i remember,couple i can remember :

an 80mm fan with cables ties to hold it on

attach a fan to the back of you're graphics card if its directly behind the cooler.

Jumping · 13 Jun 2007 at 15:53

I was hoping for some nice looking rig not some jury riggin ala Millenium Falcon in Star Wars.

Ill have a scavange through my spare part drawers see what I can find sure I should have some 80mm fans, just need to "borrow" some cable ties from work. Might even have some voltage lowering cable extensions to take down the RPM and noise.

waso_dude · 13 Jun 2007 at 16:19

Offtopic slightly:

can i just ask: what temps are you getting with the new cooler?

Cheers

Warren

Jumping · 13 Jun 2007 at 16:31

Well the temp in the bios usually sit around 40-50 degrees, but my old antec case got these temp sensors which i used one on the nb and it goes up to like 56, so not sure what to trust.

I just think with my CPU cooler being a tower cooler I dont get enough airflow round the NB to get the heat away. Hence me wanting a fan on the NB cooler.

Jumping · 14 Jun 2007 at 10:19

Think I have found the cause of my problems....

Its me damn UPS, seems I could try and get new batteries for my old trusty SMART-UPS 1400 which seems to cost about £99 :eek:

or I might invest in some cheaper new UPS as I do like the line filtering to ensure no over volting etc.

So hooked up my pc to the mains so guess I will see if that has cured my problems.