View Full Version : VERY hot northbridge means what?
boasist
08-12-2004, 09:09 PM
someone mentioned it was a power issue before I believe. is this true?
i ask because I wouldn't want any issues #1
and i've always wondered if this PSU can handle my rig. check the sig
i can monitor the voltages though, and they are all above 12, 3, and 5 as they should be. but its HOT.
what else could be causing this issue?
thank you.
masterofpuppets
08-13-2004, 08:10 AM
My northbridge gets hot with the crappy asus stock cooling. Get a decent cooler on it. As you have watercooling, maybe a waterclock.
All Kill3r
08-13-2004, 08:27 AM
<---doesn't see a PSU in your sig.
P4c800E-Deluxe
3.0c
Mushkin PC3500
4x74gb raptors raid 5
2x250gb sata
AiW 9800pro
Lian Li V-1000
All Watercooled
IamAnoobieCheez
08-13-2004, 09:16 AM
VERY hot northbridge means what?
means bad.
it gave me no improvements supercooling my NB tho..
craig588
08-13-2004, 09:35 AM
yeah, I threw a pelt on my NB and barly gained 5MHz. Just don't let it get hot, don't really worry about getting it cold.
Buy one of those thermalright NB1Cs if you are that worried about the heat.
saaya
08-13-2004, 02:08 PM
hot nb means its getting stressed a lot, means a lot of data is going through it, doesnt have to ddo anything at all with your psu.
freecableguy
08-13-2004, 03:19 PM
Hot = more cooling required. Pretty simple.
boasist
08-13-2004, 10:29 PM
hmmm.........anyway to alleviate that stress?
i picked up the swiftech mcp-159-p cooler for my northbridge..........see how that goes.
PSU is an enermax 420W
saaya
08-14-2004, 08:31 AM
Originally posted by boasist
hmmm.........anyway to alleviate that stress?
lower your fsb and memory speed...
it like buying a ferrari and trying to find a way to reduce the gasoline consumption :P
if you want a cool system go via epia/eden
boasist
08-14-2004, 09:00 AM
228FSB currently 3.33GHZ
3-3-3-6 @228 pc3500 currently
this didn't seem like a substantial overclock to where I'd be having heat issues, especially being watercooled.
in fact, i thought the OC sucked.
it does suck, my 3D scores actually dropped after OC the chip and the GPU
the pi time went down 5 seconds though.
saaya
08-14-2004, 11:55 AM
the only heat issue you have atm is that you worry about it :D the nb temps on 875 boards dont mean anything, some people even ran their board without any heatsink at all on the nb and could still run at the same oced speed...
skate2snow
08-15-2004, 07:41 AM
Hot northbridge will limit FSB and/or Memory speed. But if you have it under 50C, all should be fine....
i threw a thermalrite on my north bridge and never looked back!! that swifteck you just got should be beter then what i got on mine so youl be fine....
peace perc,
dioSRL
08-26-2004, 01:25 AM
Originally posted by saaya
the only heat issue you have atm is that you worry about it :D the nb temps on 875 boards dont mean anything, some people even ran their board without any heatsink at all on the nb and could still run at the same oced speed...
I can see very little difference between stock and 300MHz FSB 5:4 2-2-2-5 or 290MHz 1:1 3-4-4-8.. the NB is ~same temps, it does not get hot; the memories feel more warm to me :)
I hope there's a good heat transfer, but since I dont have any issues I did not remove the heatsink yet for a good 'ol lapping ..