How to silent northbridge?

Heartless_King

Heartless_King

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Hey guys,

I'm in need of advice for silencing my noisy northbridge on my K8N Neo4. The tall passive ones are not an option as they will cause too much conflict with the graphics card.

I've noticed the vantec Iceberq solutions, I was wondering if it would make any difference? As they look essentially the same fan as the standard one on my neo4?

Northbridge is like the only noisy thing left in my case, would be a dream if i could reduce the noise, it would make it possible for me to leave the computer on over night while I sleep in the same room.

Does anyone know any stats on the standard fan? e.g. cfm / db? Would be great to be make a comparison with vantec.

Thanks,
-King :)
 
Cheers dutch,

Only option at the moment is a zalmon. I saw once a guy on these forums which bent the fins on the passive cooler to fit around his graphics card. How does this effect the cooling task on the cooler itself?

Thanks,
-King :)
 
I've found a that theres a newer version of the zalman heatsink (ZM-NB32K), it seems to be lower in height and copper based. I was wondering if you could perhaps keep me up-to-date with the transformation?

Through the winter i'm getting sys temps of top end 30s. Through summer low 40s. Is this too hot for passive? Thanks,

-King :)
 
Just noticed that akasa do the AK-210 Blue LED Chipset Cooler. Claims to be only 20db.When comparing that to 20db case fans I've had in the past, this would be a lot more qiueter than the standard chipset cooler.

Is this cooler recommended? Would it fit my K8N Neo4?

Cheers,
-King :)
 
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