Asus A8N-Premium Northbridge

[PureAppleJuice]

What's the best way to cool the northbridge on this mobo without taking the heatsink off the MOSFETs? I heard someone say they used ceramique to stick the Zalman cooler on top of the heatpipe.

 

[ted34]

When i use to have this board i stuck a zalman on top of the original asus heatpipe and it lowered temps by 10deg. I didnt use ceramique - instead i used zip ties under the little push pins.

 

[juno_first]

I used some spare graphics card ram heatsinks stuck on top & these dropped the temp a little from 75c under load to 68c - now using temp probes with a digidoc (heatsinks can be seen on my website pics).
Cant beat a fan though, doh...
My heating prob is the graphics cards get so hot they heat everything else up, especially now I'm running fanless.

 

[AndyOcUK]

Unfortunately, watercooloing is the best way to go here. It may not interest you but here goes...........



Pull the lot off and fit a waterblock to the chipset:

Alphacool NexXxoS SLI Compatible Northbridge Block (WC-004-AC) at:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Alphacool_478.html

and this.....

Alphacool Asus A8N Series & A8V-E Motherboard Mosfet Cooler (WC-011-AC)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Alphacool_478.html

to the mosfets. Fitted a mates out with this kit into an Asetel waterchill loop recently and it works a treat.

Best Regards

Andy
OCUK Tech.