Block for an 8300?

[lloydsmart]

Hello. Can anyone recommend a water block for me please?

My system is:

ASUS M3N78-PRO
AMD Phenom X4 9950
4GB Corsair Dominator RAM (1066)
Western Digital 320GB SATA HDD

I'm on stock cooling at the moment, but am planning a WC build. I will get the D-Tek Fuzion V2 for the CPU unless advised otherwise, but need a northbridge block for this board, and I don't know what to get. Googling didn't really turn up anything useful so I thought I'd come here for recommendations. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

[Eddie3dfx]

Flip the mb around and measure the spacing of the nb holes.
It would very easy to find a universal block for it if you know the spacing.

[lloydsmart]

Ok, can do that, but do you know of anywhere I can get that info online? Would just save taking my PC apart that's all. If not I can measure it when I get home no probs. Again, google turned up nothing useful.

Thanks for your help!

[Eddie3dfx]

google "ASUS M3N78-PRO waterclock" or ASUS M3N78-PRO northbridge spacing

[lloydsmart]

Sadly all I got from Google was this thread! I'll try the ASUS manual. Thanks for your help!

[Hondacity]

newegg has photos of the motherboard backside..using ratio's you'll get a good measurement of the hole spacing, i like the enzotech universal cooler, its got two mounting brackets available...

[Eddie3dfx]

Sadly all I got from Google was this thread! I'll try the ASUS manual. Thanks for your help!

Just put a ruler over it.
You can see the holes from up top, so you don't have to pull the board.

Honestly, it seems like a longer block. Let me check universals.



Ek Sb-5 goes up to 64.5mm spacing and is universal



The cheaper swiftech mcw30 goes up to 60mm

[lloydsmart]

Nice one guys! Thanks for all your help, I'll report back tomorrow with the actual measurement in case anyone else needs to know and let you know which block I select.

[lloydsmart]

OK well I measured it and it's about 65mm - that's a big chipset! I guess the EK is my only option, unless anyone knows of any bigger ones?