P5N-32-SLI-PLUS North Chipset TOO HOT!

[Brian MP5T]

When reading about this mainboard I knew that when I got it it would have issues with hot chipsets.
The reviews were not kidding, the North got to hot to touch even when not OC.

I looked into coolers for the chipset.

Zalman makes some nice ones but they were no larger than the ones that came with the P5N so that would be a waste.

I wanted to stay away form liquid cooling so I turned to a new product made by Thermaltake.

Extreme Spirit II

They are more expensive than most, but are IMO totally effective.

The 40 mm fan has a standard 3 pin connector that taps the power from the main board. PC PROBE II allows full control over the fans. (Run at 80% and they are dead silent)



The install was simple; the only negative was that the Main board had to be removed. Aside from that, the hardware made it easy to apply good force to maintain contact with the chipset. The large base easily collected and stored the initial heat and the assembly can be turned to point into any direction.

I have a sonic tower and a XFX 7950GT (Both Massive Passive Coolers)

I was still able to fit these into my system so there should be no problem installing it on any computer as my system can be seen as the worst case scenario. (Size Limited)

I left the OEM heatsinks that rest by the cpu. They cool the MOSFET Banks. I used a dremel to cut the hollow heatpipe and then re-installed it with ARTIC-5.

Taking the heat load off the Mosfets by removing the heat coming in from the pipes made a huge diference up top.












The Spirit II was able to reduce the core temp of the NB from 80 Deg to a stable 45 Deg. Unreal, this should be standard with the main board or at least something similar on any board designed for the Gamer/OC'er.

Buy them if you are able to, I am very impressed.

[mariosimas]

nice modd and amazing photos

[serialk11r]

Yeah, I heard those TT coolers are actually pretty decent...albeit a little expensive.
You might want to try some thermal paste called arctic cooling mx-1, or shin etsu (I forgot which one).

[Brian MP5T]

Bizump For Summer

[Andrew LB]

I'm looking into changing the cooling on my Asus P5N-E SLI which has the same stock setup. I may go with thermalright sinks for the north and south bridges. I may go with their mosfet cooling as well.

[strange|ife]

your not kidding the NB gets hot, in fact i think the SB gets even worse! i nearly burnt my hand earlier on it...so ive relaxed my oc. Im gonna pick these up tommrow

although i dont want to cut the pipes, just in case i need to RMA the board.

for the MOSFET's i think im gonna go with the swifttech mc-21's.

with dilluted adhesive

[Brian MP5T]

You can do that as well, Basically, if I have a problem, I'm just gonna buy a new board and swap out for heatsinks, then return the old one.

[Brian MP5T]

More Info on my system

So I picked up a third 500 Gb External to serve as my backup...



Here is the Current Network at my house.


80gb
80gb
80gb
500Gb
500Gb
500Gb

1.74 Tb External

320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB

1.28 Tb Upstairs

320GB
320GB
320GB
320GB
250GB
1.53 Tb Downstairs


4550 GB In Total



Or

Forty Five Hundred Fifty Gigabytes.

Four Million Six Hundred Fifty Nine Thousand Two Hundred Megabytes

[ineedaname]

er just 2 let you know those heatpipes altho hollow probably had some kind of gas inside it.

Btw what external case is that they look sleek.

[Brian MP5T]

er just 2 let you know those heatpipes altho hollow probably had some kind of gas inside it.

Btw what external case is that they look sleek.

They would be more effective IMO if they were solid Copper.

The Externals are LACIE P3 Drives. http://www.lacie.com/us/

[Monkeywoman]

thats a sick whip homie! i want to get a Mazda 6 and tune that but ur 5 is off wall. props for a sweet sleeper

[Brian MP5T]

thats a sick whip homie! i want to get a Mazda 6 and tune that but ur 5 is off wall. props for a sweet sleeper

Thanks, Join Ottawa Mazda. We can be Googled.

[Monkeywoman]

i will when i get my 6, i currently have a FORD TAURES; 3.8 V6 with cold air intake from Canadian Tire its not bad but sux on gas. i'm going to get a new car in september for school...thats when the fun begins