burning-skies

Hi all,
sorry if iv posted this in wrong section.

i have the MB p5n32 e, and i was just wondering is it possible to upgrade the northbridge stock cooler without removing the MB from the case? or is there a way to cool it down more?

thanks

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trueg50

You can take a fan and have it sit on the graphics card and blow on the northbridge.

Or take a small 40mm fan and screw it into the heatsink (take a few screws and thread them into the heatsink, as the metal is quite soft).

To remove it you would have to under 4 plastic push-through clips, and replace the NB cooler, and the left MOSFET cooler too (unless you cut the heatpipe, then you would need another one if you want to RMA).

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Synergy (G5 case mod)

burning-skies

+rep thanks mate. give that a go. its just to put me on until i do a big upgrade.

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trueg50

What are you temps at the moment?

It is best to keep the chipset below 50 C, and if your overclocking it is almost always necessary to have aftermarket coolers on your northbridge.

I toasted one board for not doing this, and I know of a few others who also ran it with stock cooling and toasted the northbridge.

Usually a Thermalright HR-05 on the northbridge, and any manner of mosfet or other heatsink on the mosfets are enough to keep this beast cool.

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Synergy (G5 case mod)

burning-skies

does everest ultimate show the NB temps?
to now i have touched the HS and it is realy hot,more than 50c i would say.
the voltage is 1.23 (thats from in the BIOS)

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trueg50

Your Northbridge voltage is 1.23? That seems really low. But hey if it works, it works!

Everest should show Northbridge temperature, or at least "chipset" temperature. Also Asus's monitoring software also will display the temperature. (just make sure you mute your speakers/headphones as they play a loud warning alarm pretty much every time you start PCprobe.)

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burning-skies

yep, and had a OC of 2.88ghz stable 24/7.
i will check them both when i get home from work,and think il purchase a 40mm fan to sit on top. will post results before and after when i get home.

many thanks trueg

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