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| Author: | ssteward [ Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Passive northbridge cooling on Chaintech 7NIF2, OK? |
I have seen one report on the web that this is OK http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/60716 but I'd like some more confirmation. As this is one of the recommended reference boards I guess there are a lot of these around. What have you done to keep yours quite and cool? -S |
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| Author: | tophee [ Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:41 am ] |
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Hi, If you want to get a passive cooler for your mobo, I'd recommend a zalman passive northbridge heatsink. I changed the noisy (high pitched wheeze) on my Abit board and haven't looked back. Regards |
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| Author: | Mephi [ Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:44 pm ] |
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I too have used the zalman passive northbridge coolers and found them to be good. One thing I would recommend is that there's enough airflow through the case, even a big heatsink like the zalman can overheat if there's no airflow. |
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| Author: | ssteward [ Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | more detail... |
I should've added some more detail. The Zalman heatsink is not recommended for chipsets that have built-in graphics. The Chaintec 7NIF2 does have G-Force2 built in graphics so, strictly speaking this board isn't suitable. A few people say G-Force2 boards are ok. As, I said I'd seen one person that says it's OK on my particular mobo but I wanted to ask if there are more reports of success. I have one of the larger (blue) Zalman coolers ready to go if I can be sure it'll be ok. |
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