DFI PWMIC

Dreamcaster · 14 Sep 2006 at 22:30

Just wondering what are the best ways to cool this? would a ram heatsink be
sufficient ?

SiriusB · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:00

I believe Evercool do a really nice Chipset cooler that is highly rated on DFI Street.

Other coolers are the Zalman passive heatsinks. With a little modification [bending fins] it will fit despite the location under the graphics card.

SiriusB

Dreamcaster · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:39

SiriusB said:
I believe Evercool do a really nice Chipset cooler that is highly rated on DFI Street.

Other coolers are the Zalman passive heatsinks. With a little modification [bending fins] it will fit despite the location under the graphics card.

SiriusB

Thanks for the reply but i mean the pwmic, not the chipset.

Jokester · 14 Sep 2006 at 23:41

RAMsink is probably the best idea or any of those small sinks you get. And shove a fan over the top. Though to be honest it probably won't need it as they can handle well over 100C.

Jokester

SiriusB · 15 Sep 2006 at 00:04

Dreamcaster said:
Thanks for the reply but i mean the pwmic, not the chipset.

Argh darn it. Sorry must have been miles away when I read your post

SiriusB

Nutbusta · 15 Sep 2006 at 00:06

Jokester said:
RAMsink is probably the best idea or any of those small sinks you get. And shove a fan over the top. Though to be honest it probably won't need it as they can handle well over 100C.

Jokester

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samcat · 15 Sep 2006 at 08:34

The old style zalman passives work really well in this application, requires some simple measuring then chopping with a hacksaw, sand it down to remove any sharp bits and you have a very tall heatsink thats exactly the size you need and cools very well

Sam C

cavemanoc · 15 Sep 2006 at 16:17

You can always try what I did - worked a treat

Seriously though... You can just see the akasa amber I've got set over it - works a treat blowing straigh down and took about 20C off. As jokster said - doesn't really need it, but made me feel better. Just bear in mind if you do get ramsinks for the modules - the temp sensor isn't actually attached to the pwmic modules, but rather is down below them so even though the sinks would keep it cool - only fanning the whole area will bring the temp *reading* down

SpudMaster · 15 Sep 2006 at 19:36

i just put an 80mm fan blowing over the area. Without the fan it would hit temps over 70c and would make my overclock unstable. With fan it dont go over 45 and it rock solid stable

Dreamcaster · 16 Sep 2006 at 01:43

thanks for the info guys!

I think i will try the ram sink and the fan.