Motherboard Chipset Cooler Roundup

[Silver Bullet]

While not on tested on intel boards, alot of people seem to need one of these for their P5Ws, P5B and DS3s.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8643/motherboardchipsetcoolerroundupmichvm132591b36fecj k4.jpg
Link (http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=1971&articID=473)

[Metroid]

As I thought and seen around, zalman is the best chipset cooler. It may not be better than HR5 but it is silence. The HR5 comes with a fan and if you want you might buy other one and put on to work together.

If you have any air cooler, I would recommend zalman ZM-NBF47 to work together, otherwise wait to Reserator 2 and cool both VGA, CPU and Northbridge all in one. :)

[sdkevin]

it's hard to believe small Zalman wins 'em all

[Metroid]

it's hard to believe small Zalman wins 'em all


I must say it was a surprise for me.

What a good surprise :toast:

[sdkevin]

but I'm still getting HR-05 SLI, can't really trust those passive coolers and I don't think it still can maintain the same temps after half day of gaming so I need something with the fan to cool it down

[rpg711]

what about Swiftech MCX159-CU?

[Dr.Frankenstein]

No TT Extreme Spirit II either. :-\

[dicecca112]

what about Swiftech MCX159-CU?


my thoughts exactly

[Praxis1452]

The swiftech chipset cooler is like $30-$40... that is waaay to expensive for a chipset cooler.

[rpg711]

well... just tell me what temps u will get with a swiftech
30$ is less than a chipset waterblock, so thats fine ;)

[Praxis1452]

make your own =). Get like an amd stock heatsink with the 2 heatipes and cut it in half. Stick it on :-P. Or if you enough space use the whole thing haha.

[rpg711]

ok, the stock cooling on the P5W DH is pretty good alredy, with one heat pipe
if u cut the amd in half, that is one heat pipe ( assuming u didnt cut both in half) and its alu and the P5W DH is all copper... and im not the one to worry about temps because im getting 2x 110cfm silverstone 120mm fans, and a frozen cpu 150mm 265cfm fan :p:

[syne_24]

but I'm still getting HR-05 SLI, can't really trust those passive coolers and I don't think it still can maintain the same temps after half day of gaming so I need something with the fan to cool it down

same..I'm going full active NB/SB too

I'm suprised I didnt see the MCX159 in there. I heard it's suppose to be one of the best.

[Praxis1452]

ok, the stock cooling on the P5W DH is pretty good alredy, with one heat pipe
if u cut the amd in half, that is one heat pipe ( assuming u didnt cut both in half) and its alu and the P5W DH is all copper... and im not the one to worry about temps because im getting 2x 110cfm silverstone 120mm fans, and a frozen cpu 150mm 265cfm fan :p:
Air cooled TEC is what this calls for :p:. I think that would work. A 40W should work fine.

[Shpoon]

Yay, the jing-ting did good...nice to know I can still use it on the P5WDH (wish there wasn't a heatpipe between NB and mosfets).

[rpg711]

Yay, the jing-ting did good...nice to know I can still use it on the P5WDH (wish there wasn't a heatpipe between NB and mosfets).
the heatsink on the other side isnt on the mosfets, the mosfets are infront of the heatsink, or behind, it depends on how u look at it... all 8 mosfets are sandwidched between the caps so... its kinda hard to make heatsinks for them

[BottomsUp]

it's hard to believe that passive Zalman beat out the bigger ones with fans. WTH?

[eXa]

cant get this to add up... blue ice pro has only 1k delta without a fan? and stick the fan on it and it only lowers the temp 1k?

[Shpoon]

the heatsink on the other side isnt on the mosfets, the mosfets are infront of the heatsink, or behind, it depends on how u look at it... all 8 mosfets are sandwidched between the caps so... its kinda hard to make heatsinks for them

Whoops, well, I wish there were no heatpipes between heatsinks ;)

[rpg711]

Whoops, well, I wish there were no heatpipes between heatsinks ;)
?
u have to put a heatpipe somewhere to pipe the heat... and asus wanted to put it there
i looked closer and the heatsink is on the mosfets... so when u want to put heatsinks on the mosfets, u need 4 heatsinks, instead of 8
and, i found a way to make heatpipe coolers more efficient, put heatsinks on the heatpipe, and the temps will lower by 3c or more... it works with all heatpipe coolers

[Shpoon]

?
u have to put a heatpipe somewhere to pipe the heat... and asus wanted to put it there
i looked closer and the heatsink is on the mosfets... so when u want to put heatsinks on the mosfets, u need 4 heatsinks, instead of 8
and, i found a way to make heatpipe coolers more efficient, put heatsinks on the heatpipe, and the temps will lower by 3c or more... it works with all heatpipe coolers

No no, I'm saying I'd like NO heatpipe between the NB and the other coolers...that way you can effectively replace the :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty stock NB cooler, and leave the other heatsinks on...

[rpg711]

No no, I'm saying I'd like NO heatpipe between the NB and the other coolers...that way you can effectively replace the :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty stock NB cooler, and leave the other heatsinks on...
just bend the heat pipe outa the way... then the heatpipe thing still works and will lower the mosfet temps goodly

[Shpoon]

Er.....

http://www.jpop.com/fcg/61NB.JPG

It's all one piece afaik..mine on my asus (not the p5wdh) is..unless you tell me otherwise :/

[rpg711]

bend it away....

[Shpoon]

oooo...you're actually talking keeping it connected to the NB cooler and bending it?

That's ugly as hell...but thanks for the suggestion anyways...

[rpg711]

oooo...you're actually talking keeping it connected to the NB cooler and bending it?

That's ugly as hell...but thanks for the suggestion anyways...
lol :D
or u can cut it off... and face the risk of having freezing gas go everywhere

[humeyboy]

More likely Distilled Water and Acetone, safe to drink :p:

[rpg711]

More likely Distilled Water and Acetone, safe to drink :p:
no, the most commonly used liquid in heatpipes is refrigerant, and the only legal refrigerant if u dont have a license is the r134a... its VERY VERY cold

[humeyboy]

Wrong mate, I have worked with them in engineering 15+ years, the PC ones are also mostly what I said above, go and read up and learn about them, and most dont contain wicks hense Asus mobos overheat in them dumb upside down cases (kid on BTX), i aint going to get into this again as Im sick of same heatpipe talk all the time, there is plenty threads on them, the Vapourchill heatsinks are a expection, I assume they use gas, anyhow this is not the topic here, back to Chipset Coolers.

http://www.bcchardware.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2663&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=1

Above is review of new Zalman NBF47 Northbridge HS, pity It wasnt compaired to its older brother the Zalman ZM-NB47J. (worth me swapping over ?)

And BTW to anyone here, you dont need active chipset cooling today even on real HOT DFI NF4's, look at that review and how hot the stock cooler let the chipset run, must have still been stable if it was made like that.

If your going to Oc the HT/FSB fit one of the blue Zalmans even with VDD mod it will be fine, I left active chipset coolign behind on my Asus a7m266 mobo in 2001 (1st DDR mobo amd 760 chipset), 2 mobos changed over in 3months due to small chipset fan failing.

[Vapor]

Out of curiosity, how did stock P5W compare to these? ;)

And yeah, you can cut that heatpipe no problem. (and if you're really scared you have a "wrong" heatpipe, or a dangerous one, do it outside :stick: )

[humeyboy]

Vapor, Look at above link I posted, 26C drop from stock on that particular mobo.

[rpg711]

im going to get the zalman and put the blower asus provides on the thing... or i could put the blower to cool the side mosfets and get a 80mm fan to blow the nb... which one?

[humeyboy]

ahh ?, I guess you mean the optional fan Asus give with the heatpiped mobos, if so thats for water cooling set ups where there might not be much airflow through case as you dont need as much as for air cooling.

[norse]

Anyone know if the Zalman would be good for the gigabyte ds3? Those are very promising results indeed

[faruquehabib]

i'm thinking of upgrading the stock heatsink on the chipset to my msi K9N SLI platinum. it's a rare enlongated heatsink. any known mounting to any aftermarket coolers that would fit? or would i be looking at zip ties

[Vapor]

Vapor, Look at above link I posted, 26C drop from stock on that particular mobo.If I had a 26C drop, I'd be way below ambient....the stock cooler isn't as good as these, but it is still very good, and passive, and if you're gonna go through the hassle (though small....I have replaced my stock cooler to accomodate 1.93V, but with anything up to 1.8V, it only gains 1-2MHz from what I can tell) of installing a new one, you might as well clean up and re-TIM/re-mount the stock one and pull the cap off (P5W DH in this case....Bad Axe stock cooler is even better from my experience....not sure about 965 chipset boards, I ain't touching one) and get equally good and free upgrade.

[SMa]

They should have put active cooling on the HR-05 :brick:
Then you would see some performance!

[Malk4vi4n]

Hello eveyone...I want to buy one HR-05 SLI, any ideas where can I find it in Vancouver, Canadá??

Thanks already..

[smith_6079]

I havent even seen the HR-05 SLI on a board--particularly a DFI board. Anyone have pics?

[higgins]

pretty worthless review as they're running stock. more voltage and some overclock would have yielded bigger gaps between the coolers and been somewhat useful.

[Thrilla]

I'm buying the coolermaster one with heatpipe and LED, and the zalman one for a review :P
Learned that a single PCI-E GFX doesn't have to run on the first slot only, so with the DFI SLI-DR + good coolers + opteron 144... hehehe

[Malk4vi4n]

I havent even seen the HR-05 SLI on a board--particularly a DFI board. Anyone have pics?

A closer look and some other setups:
http://www.chinadiyer.com/home/html/200608/7/20060807144917.htm


Now, can anyone answer where can I get one of those in Vancounver? I know that sidewindercomputer ships them over but they are kinda expensive..

[humeyboy]

How is review a waste of time, if it dropped 26C it dropped 26C period, has nothing to do with overclocking or overvolting, the same settings were ran with stock then Zalman, trying to say dropping 26C is crap ?

If someone bought a amd X2 4800 and ran it totally stock and stock amd cooler kept it at say 40C (example not real life) and they then replaced it with a aftermarket cooler and it keep it at 30C would that also be a waste of time or crap ?.