Originally posted by texuspete2k2
yep. Just saying I thought pin tricks usually simulated connected bridges. Your help has been great and saved me from reading the huge L12 thread.

but..... I'm still wondering on where I should heatsink my nf7-s. Sorry if I came off huffy puffy it's just i pretty much decided to use the conductive fluid method right after your first post and the thread kind of got away from me for a little bit. Selfish bastard that I am

lol, I know what it mean, it can be irritating when you ask a question and everybody else jumps in with their own variant of it.

I used to think the same as you about connecting pins = connecting bridges but candjac put me right, which was handy as I got my 2500+ 2 days later. Basically, joining a bridge pin to ground = connecting it, joining it to vcore = cutting it. More details from the master himself here.

As for heatsinks, yeah it's worth doing if you plan on running high vdd/fsb. Most ppl are satifised with putting HS's on the mosfets, better cooling on the NB, and the standard NB cooler on the SB. Or you could just point a fan at the mosfet area of the board, I've seen posts that say this works just as well (if you don't mind the noise). I guess it couldn't hurt to HS the two IC's near the mosfets as well, dunno if anybody has tried this or seen any gain from it.

I'm waiting on a Z-Chipset NB water block myself, that will finally give me an excuse to take the board out of my case and do the vdd mod. I plan on putting HS's on the mosfets.

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