Northbridge cooler recommendation for my aBit IC7 please?

Shrapnel

Shrapnel

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Hi,

My northbridge cooler on my aBit IC7 is on the way out. The fan is making a horrible grinding noise! Can someone please recommend me a cooler that will clip onto the mobo without any need for mods?

I assume I can just use AS5 for the cooler when installing it? Correct?

Cheers.
 
I used a thermaltake tiger on mine along with some Artic Silver, fits perfectly. You can also ask Abit for a new one and they post them out for free - the poor fan is a known problem - they don't quibble.

Skidd.
 
The tiger does yea, hooks under the existing loops on the mobo like a treat. Not sure about the other ones recommended.

My tiger has been running for >2years 6-8 hrs a day without problem.


EDIT: Think I actually installed a different fan on mine as the stock one is quite fat (high) and interfered with my CPU heatsink. Just double-check the dimensions before you order.
 
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i use a ThermalRight NB-1 with a tiny 40mm YS-TECH FD4010 fan. works a treat & the NB-1 is a direct replacement so it fits perfectly.
 
You can leave the old heatsink on and just replace the fan, my mate did this and it was a lot quieter. Also if you peel the sticker off and put a drop of light machine oil in the middle it is suposed to stop the noise.

Mark
 
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This is the fan its an led one, you just remove the fan from the heatsink.

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this is a pic of it installed, if you dont like led ones im sure there are normal ones available

mark
 
Got a Swiftech MCX159P thingy on mine, fits perfectly - although hooking it into the existing motherboard hooks when it weighs so much is a little scary!

Not the best picture I'm afraid...

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My mate was running his with no fan on just the circle heatsink for ages and it ran fine if i was you id just take the fan off.

Mark
 
Been running mine passive for at least a year, since the fan broke. I just removed the fan, as a broken fan just restricts air flow for passive cooling.

Still got the FSB clocked to 250mhz, with no stability problems at all.
 
My suggestion? nothing..same as corasik, i took the fan off when it started going and have used the bare sink for about 1yr now without issue, this is with a 2.8 800FSB HT Northwood at 3.4Ghz 243x14 1:1 RAM and stock cpu voltage, dosen't go past 45C max on the system temp. XP-120 used to cool the cpu.
 
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