Chipset cooling

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The chipset fan on my DFI SLI-DR has started making a proper loud noise after months of being fine, is there anything quiet i can replace it with?? it's well annoying.
the problem is that it's right under the end PCB of my graphics card, so whatever cooling i use it cant be any bigger in height than the standard fan or it wont fit.
 
farooqm said:
Zalman ZM-NB47J and a dremel grinder should do the trick, no more noise either :)
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You mean use a grinder because of the height of the Zalman? Would that ruin the cooling because looking at pics of the ZM-NB47J it seems i'd have to cut quite a bit off.. and i think it would be too puny after so the chipset could get too hot...

I like the looks of that cooler Dutch Guy linked but cant find a place that has them...
 
Think i'll get the Zalman and try bending the fins and that, hope it cools ok because it's pretty hot in my case being as i keep it under the desk in a cabinet. My chipset is already 50c idle

Oh one more question, would i have to remove the motherboard to install the Zalman?
 
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farooqm said:
Check this out for what I meant bu using Dremel... Piccy of Zalman halfway down thread... Looks like the guy ended up using Vantec Iceberq 4 GPU cooler in the end though......

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=85920

Vanteq might be better option BUT getting hold of it will be a challenge and would cost more... Zalman you can pick up for £4ish..
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I just remembered i had the Iceberq 4 years ago on my 9700pro... and it's not quiet enough really, although i think it would deffinately do a good job cooling the chipset. But i'm getting water cooling soon and half of the reason is because i want a quiet PC so the Zalman would be better for this.

gamesaregood - thats exactly what my chipset fan does! When i take it off i'm smashing the crap out of it with a hammer... just to make me feel better :p
I think the Iceberq 4 would be best for you if you dont mind some noise and a bit of dremel work, it will cool well and it's not any louder than the standard fan (when it's working properly) and if you like blue LEDs it also has them.
 
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