Northbridge...

Warpy · 23 Mar 2007 at 04:29

What's a good north bridge cooler? I have a Gigabyte DS3P and want to replace the stock cooler.

Cob · 23 Mar 2007 at 06:36

This is meant to be pretty damn good.

Nick1881 · 23 Mar 2007 at 06:44

will that clear a AC 7 Pro on the DS3? As the NB is very close to the cpu.

I'm after a good heatsink for mine too.

Snapshot · 23 Mar 2007 at 06:52

It should be possible to adjust it so that it's sufficiently off-centre on the NB core to clear an AC7P. Certainly worth a try as the standard DS3/S3 NB heatsink isn't great.

clone · 23 Mar 2007 at 07:55

Zalman is ment to be very good.

masslac · 23 Mar 2007 at 07:56

Yeah, the Zalman coolers are small and nice.

overcl0cker · 23 Mar 2007 at 09:12

Hey, I'm using a DS3P and an Arctic Cooler 7 Pro. I need to know what will defintely fit onto my northbridge!

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masslac · 23 Mar 2007 at 09:42

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-023-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399 will be more than fine.

mishima · 23 Mar 2007 at 10:25

I have one of the Zalman's on my old NF7 board, its superb. The Noctua is also suppose to be quite a performer I have one waiting on my shelf to be installed soon.

Snapshot · 23 Mar 2007 at 13:25

masslac said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-023-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399 will be more than fine.

It'll fit all right but IME the AC7 doesn't blow enough air over it to cool it properly. It works well in combination with something like a Zalman 7700 as that puffs air out all round.

Cupra · 23 Mar 2007 at 16:24

Cob said:
This is meant to be pretty damn good.

brilliant nb cooler i have one

Skeeter · 23 Mar 2007 at 18:12

im going to get a 40mm fan and cable tie it to the top of my DS3 NB heatsink. cheap and should provide some added cooling.

Warpy · 25 Mar 2007 at 08:25

My bro did the review on the Noctua CPU fan and he swears by them. I think I might give them a crack - hopefully there is enough headroom with my Zalman 9500 CPU cooler.

mishima · 25 Mar 2007 at 17:47

Here is when I installed my Zalman bro - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17677082 either of the Zalman, Noctua are decent. I think the Zalman looks quite funky!