radiator help

ArchAnGeL · 20 Jul 2006 at 08:36

Is a single 120mm radiator sufficient to cool a 1900xt (+ overclocking) and motherboard chipset?

cpu is cooled by phase.

Stelly · 20 Jul 2006 at 08:39

I would say so...

Stelly

Arthalen · 20 Jul 2006 at 08:57

Motherboard Chipset: Just your northbridge, or North & South ? Never seen anyone actually w/c a southbridge, but I have seen some pretty crazy setups.

I don't think you'll have many problems with a 120.1 rad, but then, I'm no where near the most experienced person with W/C.

ArchAnGeL · 20 Jul 2006 at 11:38

Arthalen said:
Motherboard Chipset: Just your northbridge, or North & South ? Never seen anyone actually w/c a southbridge, but I have seen some pretty crazy setups.

I don't think you'll have many problems with a 120.1 rad, but then, I'm no where near the most experienced person with W/C.

I don't know whether it is a northbridge or not on the amd NF4 boards. We'll just say the hot one with the fan.

Kesnel · 20 Jul 2006 at 11:41

Personally I'd go for a 120.2 if you have the space. The x1900s run hot, when I used a 120.1 BIX with just the graphics on it, it would struggle sometimes with lots of volts and high clocks. Also, if you're planning on going Conroe, the cooler you can keep your chipset the more fsb you will gain.