DFI nF4 SLI-DR chipset cooler replacement

NickK · 7 Apr 2006 at 21:46

Well my motherboard chipset fan is making sounds like a concrete mixer under load and the chipset temps shoot up over 50segC...

So what have people replaced their chipset heatsink and fan with?

I have a X800XL that overhangs the chipset area.

Indy500 · 7 Apr 2006 at 22:08

I have an Ultra-D and an X800XL. Got a Zalman NB47 and bent some of the fins sideways to clear the back of the video card.

Siders77 · 9 Apr 2006 at 12:14

Do you have any pictures of this? Have heard of it a lot but very intrested to see how it looks as a feature on the bord

sablabra · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:09

Any more solutions to this???

ukdave · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:25

DFI will probably replace this for you free of charge. You could also try re-seating it/cleaning it and apply some AS5 for improved thermal conductivity.

Townlea · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:08

ukdave said:
DFI will probably replace this for you free of charge

Its not a fault with the cooler, its just a very noisy cooler that isn't that good at cooling, As for the AS5, it dropped 6C of mine at idle but only 2C at full load, still its very noisy and a pain in the arse.

I really want some solutions to this as its driving me nuts :mad:

welshtom · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:13

or watercooled

Lunaforce L4e block there.

Also, vantec iceberg, Jing Ting cooler. Evercool do vga coolers which fit.

Tom

ukdave · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:14

In that case probably a zalman passive or similar modified to fit (cut it to size).

Sumanji · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:20

Split the PCI-E lanes to 8/8 instead of 16/2 by moving the jumper blocks, put your graphics card in the lower PCI-E slot, then just mount the Zalman normally

that's what I'm gonna do anyway!

Suman

NickK · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:52

Decided to give my chipset, X800XL and CPU a good clean..

The CPU needed it - that was obvious.

The chipset looked completely clean. Took a screwdriver around the inside and a supprising amount came out (eww).

The supprise one was the X800XL. unscrewed the top of the HS and it was nicely blocked..

Now I can't remember the last time I cleaned it... so that means it's not had a clean since the X2s first appeared!

All back to normal..

sagaboy2 · 16 Apr 2006 at 10:19

Sumanji said:
Split the PCI-E lanes to 8/8 instead of 16/2 by moving the jumper blocks then just mount the Zalman normally that's what I'm gonna do anyway!

Suman

You sir are a genius.

Scoobie Dave · 29 Apr 2006 at 19:05

If your chipset gets over 50c would you say that would limit your cpu overclock?

james32 · 30 Apr 2006 at 01:25

why cant no 1 make a decent after market copper cooler like the
Thermalright NB-1C did for 875 chipset i did'nt even need
a fan with Thermalright NB-1C.

nvida chipset has been out 2 years and only 1 Chipset cooler (zalaman wich is crap, to tall) that waterblock on welshtoms looks like it would be nice as a chipset cooler

schrickvr6 · 30 Apr 2006 at 10:55

As tom said the jing ting force looks good but nowhere stocks it over here, in fact you would struggle to get one of these anywhere as stocks have dried up untill a new revision of the cooler is released next month.

The best bet is to modify a cpu heatsink to fit the n/b.

welshtom · 30 Apr 2006 at 11:06

This is what you want, I may have a load of these.

works with these boards

Lanparty NF4 original
Lanparty NF4 Expert
Lanparty NF4 Venus
Lanparty RDX200 Crossfire ATI
Lanparty CFX3200-DR Crossfire ATI

Lanparty NF3 Ultra-D (939 + AGP)

DFI NF4X-Infinity (socket 754 + PCI-E)
DFI NF4 Infinity
DFI NF4 DAGF
DFI NF4 SLI Infinity

Tom

ted34 · 30 Apr 2006 at 11:37

I did see one cooler that was similar to the akasa evo cpu coolers in that it had a very thin base with heat pipes coming out into a heatsink. That way it could sit away from vga cards and not cause any interference - even with the ones that overhang loads. I cant remember its name though but it according to the review it was really good at keeping it cool. Was about £50 though. If i remember name then will update post

welshtom · 30 Apr 2006 at 11:49

ted34 said:
I did see one cooler that was similar to the akasa evo cpu coolers in that it had a very thin base with heat pipes coming out into a heatsink. That way it could sit away from vga cards and not cause any interference - even with the ones that overhang loads. I cant remember its name though but it according to the review it was really good at keeping it cool. Was about £50 though. If i remember name then will update post

welshtom said:
... Jing Ting cooler....
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lay-z-boy · 30 Apr 2006 at 13:47

Sumanji said:
Split the PCI-E lanes to 8/8 instead of 16/2 by moving the jumper blocks, put your graphics card in the lower PCI-E slot, then just mount the Zalman normally that's what I'm gonna do anyway!

Suman

thought most people with good logic did that....seems i was wrong

Sumanji · 30 Apr 2006 at 18:11

lay-z-boy said:
thought most people with good logic did that....seems i was wrong

I am now having uber problems with that though

read here.

Suman

Scoobie Dave · 30 Apr 2006 at 18:38

welshtom said:
This is what you want, I may have a load of these.

works with these boards

Lanparty NF4 original
Lanparty NF4 Expert
Lanparty NF4 Venus
Lanparty RDX200 Crossfire ATI
Lanparty CFX3200-DR Crossfire ATI

Lanparty NF3 Ultra-D (939 + AGP)

DFI NF4X-Infinity (socket 754 + PCI-E)
DFI NF4 Infinity
DFI NF4 DAGF
DFI NF4 SLI Infinity

Tom

This is what you want:

MIPS DFI Lanparty Freezer

Ordered one of these, the ultimate chipset cooler