Best NB cooler?

MikeHunt79 · 24 Aug 2007 at 11:11

I can't decide between the Noctua NC-U6 Dual Heatpipe Northbridge Cooler and the Thermalright HR-05.

Which gives the lowest temps? My motherboard is a gigabyte DS3 BTW.

waso_dude · 24 Aug 2007 at 11:35

I find my HR-05 SLi really really good on my southbridge. Cooled it from 60ish (stock didn't have a heatsink) to about 25....

Big.Wayne · 24 Aug 2007 at 11:48

waso_dude said:
HR-05 SLi really really good

Its quite a bit of kit, i had a laugh when I saw the size of it!! I mean its a friggen chipset cooler wow! its bigger than some CPU heatsinks I have used!

misterPK · 24 Aug 2007 at 12:21

I have a standard HR-05 and I had a few concerns with the way it was mounted. For something tall and heavy on a tower case it could do with being a bit tighter than the spring mounted push pins I've got. Seems to be making reasonable contact though.

Have you looked at the Zalman range at all?

PK!