Northbridge Nightmare

[Toimisk]

Lo all

Atm I have a x850xt, and a8n-sli asus. With the stock cooler, it whines more that a mouse stuck on a squeaky mouse-wheely-thing.
Anyhoos, I'm a little stuck for space, as i'd like to get a AC' gfx cooler on it, but the n/b heatsink thats on it (a zalman) is in the way. Is there any low profie n/b coolers out there that I can fit a ac' on and still ahve a n/b chip that doesn't fry an egg?

Cheers

 

[Minstadave]

Would it be possible to bend the Zalman around the graphics card cooler, like I did for mine:

Probably would get in the way of an Arctic Cooler, but maybe not a Zalman VF700.

 

[Toimisk]

I've got the PCB of the card, 10mm space, and then the cooler, so the bendy thing wouldn't really work. I'm tempted by the zalman cooler, had one before, but i found the airflow was getting blown back towards the front intake fan (i'd take a picture, but due to somebody's mistake (mine ) the side of the case is bolted on, and I need some tools in the garage to get the side off )