X58 - NB cooler

LupoLover · 12 May 2011 at 10:50

I know this is common complaint, but I am after a solution.

The NB on my Asus Sabertooth x58 gets rather toasty even at rather low Voltage. Any replacment heatsinks you can get? Rather then a small fan pointed over it (which I would find noisey and annoying)

Cheers

Reaper 392 · 12 May 2011 at 12:07

there isnt a whole lot of information about it, but do you think this will work?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SY-007-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=399

Tealc · 12 May 2011 at 12:24

Get an Antec Spotcool to blow some air over it, or ghetto rig a normal fan to blow air over it.

Helios1234 · 12 May 2011 at 19:29

Thermalright HR-05 is a proper NB cooler and works very well.

OLDPHART · 12 May 2011 at 20:54

Just have a 80mm blowing on mine does the job.

LupoLover · 12 May 2011 at 21:59

Thermalright HR-05 does it fit a X58 Sabertooth?

setter · 12 May 2011 at 22:04

Tealc said:
Get an Antec Spotcool to blow some air over it, or ghetto rig a normal fan to blow air over it.

+1 for the spotcool, very versatile cooler, i use one to help cool my gpu's.

Helios1234 · 12 May 2011 at 22:25

LupoLover said:
Thermalright HR-05 does it fit a X58 Sabertooth?

Hmm just had a look at the motherboard and it seems the NB cooler is connected to the MOSFET heatsink so you'd have to replace both with separate heatsinks.

What temps are you actually getting?

setter · 12 May 2011 at 22:28

Sorry to hijack, but where can you actually find out the NB temp on x58 boards, im using an asus p6t deluxe v2, pretty old x58 board.

Tealc · 12 May 2011 at 22:33

I'm pretty sure Everest, or whatever it's called now can display Northbridhe temperatures. I dont think it picks up MOSFET temps though. I know I got a reading for my ex58-ud5 from it at some point. Was around 50 degrees while i7 was at 4ghz. The heatsink is pretty warm to touch, then it would be as it is a passive heatsink after all.

setter · 12 May 2011 at 22:38

With Hwmonitor running, theres a heading, CPUTIN, at idle this sits at 29c ono. When running prime etc it hits 57c ono. Heatsink on the board is also passive, but there are mounting points for an aftermarket 40mm fan that asus produce.

LupoLover · 12 May 2011 at 22:46

Mines more like 65C even at nearly stock low voltage! I fold tho so always under load.

mraerosmith1981 · 13 May 2011 at 07:38

Another vote for a spotcool here

bifday2k · 13 May 2011 at 07:55

I use open hardware monitor which shows motherboard temps, which i take as being the chipset temp.

Mine usually sits around 37c, barely touches 40c when stress testing, highest iv ever seen it was 47c, this was with the cpu and gpu both doing F@H and my room was hot also.

But as others have said the spotcool is a handy thing.

LupoLover · 13 May 2011 at 08:32

Im against the spotcool as it looks ugly and nosiey.

Krony · 15 May 2011 at 16:05

U can monitor these temps using the Asus PC Probe II, mine hits around 60c too and i was considering adding it into my watercooling loop next time i add a new component.