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Does this board have standard pushpins so the cooler can be replaced with a Thermalright or Noctua? are the pushpins in the right place?
Zotac 9300itx Northbridge Cooler Replacement?
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The pushpins are easy to remove by carefully squeezing their ends with small pliers and pushing them back through the MB. The MCP heatsink dimensions are 67mcm (L) x 3.6 mm (W) x 3.6 mm (H), and the distance between the holes is 65 mm. The Noctua NC-U6 should fit fine, but it has been discontinued and is out of stock everywhere in the UK. The Thermalright HR-05 would be too high for most cases (the SLI version is unlikely to fit the board). The Enzotech CNB-R1 will fit, but I am not sure whether it will be better than the stock heatsink.
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The heatsink looked like the pusphins are in different location than standard ones, are they in the normal position of a northbridge heatsink?
I was thinking of a Xigmatek Porter N881 or the thermal right SLI as I have a Gemini II CPU cooler which covers half the stock northbridge
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I do not think that there are "standard" MCP heatsinks, what normally matters is the distance between the holes. My feeling is that both the Xigmatek Porter N881 and the Thermalright HR-05 SLI will be in conflict with the SATA connectors. I am sure that the Noctua NC-U6 fits (have seen a picture), and it can still be bought for about £30 delivered from the US on ebay.
The stock MCP heatsink is not that bad. If you want to see really low MCP temperatures, you could attach a silent 14 dBA 40mm Scythe Mini Kaze http://www.scythe-eu.com/en/products/fans/mini-kaze.html.
