MSI K8N Neo4 Northbridge cooler replacement

Ricki

Ricki

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I am looking to replace my Northbridge chipset fan as its very loud! A passive cooler, heat-pipe or similar would be great. but anything that means its a lot quieter is great!

One huge snag though - there is no room at all, as you can see from the photo below. The graphics card sit just above the Northbridge cooler and is kinda blocking it. I can imagine some of the passive coolers like the Zalman won't fit due to the card so I am looking for an alternative. Has anyone replaced their Northbridge on this mobo, or have any ideas on what I can use to replace it?

 
I just disabled the fan. No harmful side effects as of yet, thats not to say that problems wont arise in the future. It really was annoyingly loud though :)

From the link above, it appears that the Zalman will fit if you do a DIY job with a set of tin snips or a Dremel :)
 
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Ok, thanks for that. I am not overly keen on disabaling the Northbridge fan as it must be there for some reason!

I am also thinking that with a bit of a modification to the graphics card that I can fit it all in. I was looking at some small Zalman heatsinks for the RAM chips, but I have yet to find a cooler that will fit onto my X800XL card - I just can't seem to find them, though they must be out there somewhere.
 
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I have yet to find a cooler that will fit onto my X800XL card
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The zalmon VF900 fits great, put one on mine earlier, much quieter, looks better, and performs much better. just shy of getting past 6000 3d05 marks now :)
 
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