SB Cooling, Enzotech SLF-1 vs Evercool VC-RE

[Zaskar]

Whats a better cooler for the Southbridge, the Enzotech SLF-1 (http://www.petrastechshop.com/enslonfocoso.html) or the Evercool VC-RE (http://www.petrastechshop.com/evvcvgcodnf4.html)

Both seem to fit perfectly under any PCI-E/PCI cards that would extend out over them.

[Spawne32]

enzotech by a mile.

[Serra]

Sorry to slightly hijack the thread, but it fits in well with a question I was Googling for...

I was looking at that Enzotech cooler earlier today myself and was wondering - does anyone know if you could get away with one of them as effectively passive on a P5K Deluxe southbridge? I'd like to have some incidental air blowing over it, but nothing dedicated. The stock method is no heatsink at all, just a single heatpipe going to the NB (which itself has no fan and is rather small). I ask because I've decided to finally pay to replace the stock copper-coloured-aluminum (a terrible trick to play) with someone else, so clearly that heatpipe solution has to go.

Same question I guess would go for the Evercool VC-RE... I have 2-3 of these (well, extremely similar anyway) in a box here at my home and I was trying to guess whether they would work without connecting the fan. I'll likely be able to give an answer for this myself in a few business days when I have the chance to try it out, just wondering if anyone has any experience they could pass along to save some time.

[Spawne32]

Sorry to slightly hijack the thread, but it fits in well with a question I was Googling for...

I was looking at that Enzotech cooler earlier today myself and was wondering - does anyone know if you could get away with one of them as effectively passive on a P5K Deluxe southbridge? I'd like to have some incidental air blowing over it, but nothing dedicated. The stock method is no heatsink at all, just a single heatpipe going to the NB (which itself has no fan and is rather small). I ask because I've decided to finally pay to replace the stock copper-coloured-aluminum (a terrible trick to play) with someone else, so clearly that heatpipe solution has to go.

Same question I guess would go for the Evercool VC-RE... I have 2-3 of these (well, extremely similar anyway) in a box here at my home and I was trying to guess whether they would work without connecting the fan. I'll likely be able to give an answer for this myself in a few business days when I have the chance to try it out, just wondering if anyone has any experience they could pass along to save some time.

I have one running passive on my biostar motherboards northbridge

[Ar3s]

won't the fan on the evercool vc-re die ? Since its not connected thought sleeve fans weren't good in high heat situations. The lubricant will just evaporate?

[Serra]

won't the fan on the evercool vc-re die ? Since its not connected thought sleeve fans weren't good in high heat situations. The lubricant will just evaporate?

Back when I was on a s939 platform, DFI had an awful stock aluminum dealie that I replaced with an evercool just to reduce noise and improve temps. It ran... well, I'd say over a year anyway without any issues.