Has anyone found a solution to high northbridge temps on the Asus Sabertooth X58 board. Reading the experiences on here some are very happy and some aren’t. I don’t know whether my expectations are too high. My sig:-
SilverstoneL17B/AsusSaberToothX58/I7-950/Corsair650HX/OCZ6GBDDR3GoldforI7/GigabyteGTX470soc/HauppageTV-dongle/bigNG/Win7-64/intel-80GB SSD/WD500GB
Overclocked the I7 moderately to 3.6 idle temps surfing 35 northbridge 60
Removed and fitted twice the northbridge heatsink and attached pipe to the mosfits < if thats the right name the power components round the CPU> Used Gelid paste and the rubbery spacer round the chip with the arctic themal material cutout (like thermal doublesided tape) to the same shape as the rubbery one . The only item not able to measure are two foam legs which raise the ceramic heatsink above the board components. If they were too high then good thermal contact may be compromised. Any solutions or fellow suferers interested in your workaround. Oh and every reseat acompanied by thermal remover and surface cleansing...done my best. Tried the arctic spotfan < good but noisey for a media case. Thanks for any help
SilverstoneL17B/AsusSaberToothX58/I7-950/Corsair650HX/OCZ6GBDDR3GoldforI7/GigabyteGTX470soc/HauppageTV-dongle/bigNG/Win7-64/intel-80GB SSD/WD500GB
Overclocked the I7 moderately to 3.6 idle temps surfing 35 northbridge 60
Removed and fitted twice the northbridge heatsink and attached pipe to the mosfits < if thats the right name the power components round the CPU> Used Gelid paste and the rubbery spacer round the chip with the arctic themal material cutout (like thermal doublesided tape) to the same shape as the rubbery one . The only item not able to measure are two foam legs which raise the ceramic heatsink above the board components. If they were too high then good thermal contact may be compromised. Any solutions or fellow suferers interested in your workaround. Oh and every reseat acompanied by thermal remover and surface cleansing...done my best. Tried the arctic spotfan < good but noisey for a media case. Thanks for any help
