NB, really worth water cooling?

[Him]

Is it really worth it to had a water block to my NB? I intend on OC, dont think (think) it will be huge, but it might be. Will a good queit fan suffice just as nicely? The stock fan is very loud, I want to get rid of it. I have an old, tried and true, Abit IC7-G.

[2low4u]

If you are OCing then yes most deff WC the NB. The SB & Mosfets not so much but the NB for sure!

[dopestuff]

i wouldn't buy wc gear for it because the wcgear alone probably would cost more than that motherboard??
just put a nice fan on it and it should be ok (nevver hurts to check whit your hand the warmth of the heatsink)

[Sparky]

I use a passive HR-05 on my NB. Keeps it plenty cool and didn't cost me extra since I already had it and it makes no noise to deal with.

[Him]

i wouldn't buy wc gear for it because the wcgear alone probably would cost more than that motherboard??
just put a nice fan on it and it should be ok (nevver hurts to check whit your hand the warmth of the heatsink)

Bah, I didnt want to hear that! Actually, it's worth something, because at this point if I fry the board, I have all other antiquated parts, and cannot afford to upgrade all of those. So, the whole intrinsic value thing. I know that the board can do some pretty hefty OC jumps, I just dont want to leave anything to the possibility of failure.

[dopestuff]

well then go whit the thermaltake HR-05 sparky sugested...

[2low4u]

My reply was with the understanding you were already water cooling also. If you aren't then no it isn't worth doing just for the NB lol.

[Him]

My reply was with the understanding you were already water cooling also. If you aren't then no it isn't worth doing just for the NB lol.

I am OCing. I'm looking at used blocks for the NB, and if not too expensive, I'll do it. I guess my main concern is my pump. Is it worth the extra strain on my pump, configuring more tubing, et al.

Main reason for asking is because the fan on there is so loud, it's real annoying. I figured since I'll be upgrading the cooling on the NB anyway, perhaps I'll WC it. I might end up WC my gpu as well, but I think with my pump, it's either the NB or GPU.

Just need some sage advice.

[Kayin]

No, that pump ought to handle the stuff you're doing just fine. Both is possible. Run low-restriction blocks on both and you're good.

I'd run a Maze4 or 5 on the GPU and a Maze4 or MCW30 (I shudder at saying that, but they'll do the job) on the NB. Remember that the PCI-E bridge chip HSF stays on, though.

[Snyxxx]

I use to have that motherboard and it was my first rig to watercool in a coolermaster wave case.

if I rememebr right, the NB uses crappy "hooks" to secure the heatsink instead of bolt through connections. I used a swiftech MCW-30 without problem though.

If I find some photos at home, I will send them to you for reference.

[Him]

I use to have that motherboard and it was my first rig to watercool in a coolermaster wave case.

if I rememebr right, the NB uses crappy "hooks" to secure the heatsink instead of bolt through connections. I used a swiftech MCW-30 without problem though.

If I find some photos at home, I will send them to you for reference.

Spot on for the hooks. I always forget about them, but they do suck. Perhaps I'll look into the MCW-30.

[BeagleKill]

If you were actualy water cooling, i suggest to get a waterblock for your NB. It's less expensive than a huge heatsink or a fan in my oppinion and more efficient

I have a MCW30 on my evga 680i, and it's working well with the cpu q6600 b3 on the same loop.

[alacheesu]

I think it depends on the chipset and how good the stock cooling is. On my board, water cooling the NB did absolutely nothing for me except add cost, restriction and heat dump to the loop. Your board may, of course, be different.

[Waterlogged]

I think it depends on the chipset and how good the stock cooling is. On my board, water cooling the NB did absolutely nothing for me except add cost, restriction and heat dump to the loop. Your board may, of course, be different.

I have to agree. The comments I'm seeing from certain members here leads me to believe that if your using an Nvidia chipset, your going to need active cooling on them whereas the Intel chipsets is more of a preference rather than a need.

Considering that age of the board, I'd say not needed, and to just get some better air cooling for it.

[BeagleKill]

Agree with you guys, intel has already good stock cooling on their motherboard and nvidia seem need an active cooling who make alot noise ...

Somethime, it's simple like putting a cheap fan on the fanless stock cooling, and it's more than sufficent.

But for my rig, i don't have seen difference with and without my chipset waterclock for my CPU temp, only a big drop for the NB temp

[Kayin]

Those stock fans on the IC-7 gave out as well.

That chipset was temp limited sometimes, and that was the best of the best for the OC boards on 875. Water it.

[[XC] riptide]

Yep. Had a Max3 IC7. One legendary board that was.

[MomijiTMO]

Well why bother spending more money on your rig? I would start saving up for your upgrade whenever you want/can do that.

[Snyxxx]

I found a picture of my old rig with the IC7 and a MCW-30 (hooks) on the Northbridge after an experiment (several months) with blue colored Coolermaster water.

I guess it did not have a biocide.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1226982267

[AndrewZorn]

wow ^^^^^

I guess water is free when it comes from a used toilet

[Eddie3dfx]

Yes, absolutely. It's very hard to overclock to massive temps when the northbridge is on fire.

[T_Flight]

I am typing this right now ona IC7-G board. That just gives you an idea of how good they really are. I too have a Prescott 3.2 with a 6800GT with some slight mods.

That is probably one of the greatest boards of all time. It has to be. Threads like this prove it. I have seen threads like this ever since this board was out. It's just amazing. This thing is folding right now and has been OC'd all it's life since it was 2 weeks old. Never a hint of an issue.

Those Prescott's do run hot though. I've had mine touch 4.0GHz. It will do it, but my HSF won;t keep up with it so I run it at 3.8GHz 24/7 and it's stable as a rock.

It's starting to show it age though, and some of the flight sims I'm wanting use would probably put a real hurting on it.

The Northbridge does have those metal spring clips. Not very secure. Another thing is the pink gum they used for TIM was horrible. It also had a very poor mating surface on the stock HSF and I lapped it and used good TIM and set it back on there. Mine was a revision 2 so I had no fan issues.

[TI66ER]

Anyone know what the best NB block for a p5q-e would be? Also,could i just cut the heatpipe from the nb to the vreg sink so as to still have a sink on there.

[Nosfer@tu]

Im experiance on the old S478 mothboards is that it dosent matter!
I and another dane both had phase and I ALWAYS used water for Nbrige, Even so he keept of and somtimes even ran faster than me!

I do water somtimes and somtimes not, Bang for the buck ? I think not

[TheGanG]

Anyone know what the best NB block for a p5q-e would be? Also,could i just cut the heatpipe from the nb to the vreg sink so as to still have a sink on there.

I should not cut any heatpipe on my board, vapor coolant goes out and it becomes to a junk. But using a better TIM & TP for heatsinks makes good job. For example, some good motherboards have heatsinks with bad (so known) thermal conductivity, partly because of stock TIMs and TPs...

I allways use water cooling on NB for a good stability, no matter what cooler i use for CPU; LN2, D-Ice, Chiller, water or air...