P5W-DH Surgery !

kevpuk · 6 Oct 2006 at 11:18

OK, I now have bits for some surgery on my P5W, looking for a little advice on choices.....

Firstly, I have some AS5, which will complement my Ninja Plus nicely

and have read the instructions for application.......

Secondly, I have 3 different type of Akasa chipset (4cm) fans....which is best for where ? I have the AK-161 (4x4x2), the AK-160 (4x4x1) and even an AK-210 (heatsink and fan).....really looking to get my temps down, so thinking of replacing SB cooler and sticking one fan on the northbridge.... :eek:

Also bought 2 x 120mm Akasa PaxPower Amber fans.....needed 80mm....DOH ! :rolleyes:

Jimbo · 6 Oct 2006 at 14:35

Take of the NB/SB heatsinks, remove the asus digital covers from the sinks. Apply As5 to both NB/SB.. dont remove the Thermal Pad from the NB just the tim on the chip. Stick them back on and attach some fans to the heatsinks.

My pc in pic.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106563

kevpuk · 6 Oct 2006 at 15:11

Great, kinda what I was thinking.....pretty sure I have stumbled across your pic somewhere before

Any hints on which of my 3 Akasa fans should go where ? I am thinking the 2 cm high one (AK-161) on the SB (if it fits under my 2nd X1900XT) or possibly the one with it's own heatsink attached (AK-210) ? And the 1cm high one (AK-160) on the NB ?

Jimbo · 6 Oct 2006 at 15:46

Not really sure about those mate. See if they will fit, by placing them on top of the sinks, and see if theres any clearence.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Akasa_Fans.html

kitten · 6 Oct 2006 at 16:48

I had to offset the fan on the SB to accomodate the stock cooler on my X1900XT it over hangs by about 1 cm, but I do only have one. A 1cm high fan will not fit between SB and stock X19xx cooler.

kevpuk · 6 Oct 2006 at 18:07

kitten said:
I had to offset the fan on the SB to accomodate the stock cooler on my X1900XT it over hangs by about 1 cm, but I do only have one. A 1cm high fan will not fit between SB and stock X19xx cooler.

DOH.....could be a stumbling block....

kevpuk · 8 Oct 2006 at 20:01

OK, got one of the Akasa 4cm fans now happily plonked onto the freshly 'removed-cleaned-AS5'd-reseated' Northbridge.....and did the same to the CPU (Ninja Plus) and Southbridge.........and....as noted, Kitten, couldn't get an other Akasa onto the SB - Booo !

Well, the temps seem a touch lower (bit early to tell, I guess) but big airflow issues in my case methinks - CPU idles at approx 50 in TAT, up to early 60s under load, whereas with side panel off at 41 idle and circa 50 under load...

I did put 2 x 8cm fan as intakes (sucking air over HDDs) into case, but they used to be on exhaust duties so not really any better off

Anyone got any thoughts on getting rid of more temps ? I can't help thinking my Crossfire X1900 setup is causing most of the heat.....