Asus P5N-E NB Heatsink or Zalman ZM-NB47J NB Cooler?

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Howdy,

I have the Asus P5N-E SLi mobo, and I also have a Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Cooler that is currently sitting on my old Asus A8N SLi Premium mobo.

I just want your opinions on whether its worth me removing the stock Asus Heatsink that is on the NB on my P5N-E already and replacing it with my Zalman ZM-NB47J heatsink?

Obviously as I have the thing, is it worth me using it? Or would it not make much difference? Cos the stock HS on there gets quite hot!

btw, I don't have a fan to hand to put on or near it, so it would just be the heatsink!

What ya reckon? Worth it? Or not bother and stick with the stock jobbie?

ta
 
hmmm not sure...if it were there NB47 id say change it as someone on here has swapped it for that with good results I believe. As yours is the squarer type im not sure
 
Hmm ok, I'll wait for more feedback from other peeps, but at the moment I won't bother after what you guys have said.
 
I also use a Noctua like Paul. It allowed me to push the fsb on my DS3 Rev.1 to 470mhz passively. It got quite warm but was a much better solution than sticking a fan on the stock cooler.

I'd change it - surely the quality and proven performance of the zalman is enough to justify the change. Don't think you'd regret it! :)

gt
 
ArchAnGeL said:
just cable tie a fan to the stock heatsink.

even if you do change the heatsink, you want some active cooling on it.
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Cable tieing a fan on there would be quite untidy, and also that small fans are noisy buggers, so I want to avoid sticking a fan on there at the moment.

I just want to know if its worth replacing with the Zalman simply cos I have one knocking around... I might do it when I get a chance... just hope the lug holes under the stock HS are in the same position as my last asus NB lugs?

Then if that does make a difference, then I may source out a fan.

cheers!
 
I have a 80mm akasa amber pointed at mine....very quiet and cools it lovely.....without it, its to hot to touch. Shame we cant monitor the temps of the chip like we do with the core of the cpu....that way we could really tell if we need anything more that the stock cooler with a fan
 
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