When Water cooling cpu on a IP35 PRO is it essential to water cool bridges ?

[jamieuk23]

Hi I plan to water cool my Q6600 with a IP35 Pro motherboard. is it a must to water cool the north and south bridges as well ?

[Bobsama]

If you have no airflow, definitely. If you're still running fans, it should be enough. It's really better to ask this stuff around the WC forums.

[Circaflex]

Not dont bother, follow the guide though in the ip35 thread in the intel section regarding the heatpipe mod.

[Ice Demon]

It depends on the temperatures...

[De5tr0yer]

I would just satisfy myself with one 120mm blowing over the NB-SB heatsink, as I am on my P5K

[jcool]

I am currently running my Q6600@440x8 on the IP35 Pro... definitely need to put a fan blowing over the NB if you're folding or putting other strain on the CPU for longer periods of time. Best to also put a small fan over the PWMs as I'm hitting 89C on the PWMs. I would wc it if it weren't only my backup mobo ;)