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- Apr 6, 2003
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- Centennial, CO
I am working on setting up my watercooling system (as all of the OMG posts show) and I have some questions with doing so because it is my first time doing this.
The first question comes with my north bridge. I have a 8rda3+ motherboard which uses a thermal epoxy to hold the heatsink onto the chip. How do I break this bond without damaging the motherboard?
Also, I have bought a waterblock for my gf4 which is a MSI GF4 4200 card. It comes with a huge heatsink on it, and I am wondering if I should remove it to cool it more or not. It runs consistantly around 47C and I don't overclock it nor am I a big gamer, though I do sometimes. Should I just sell that waterblock in classifieds, or is it still worth doing it? I have everything set to go ahead and cool it, and I would like to, but I am not sure how much I will be removing because again the heatsink is huge. Here is what it looks like......
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-127-070-06.JPG
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-127-070-05.JPG
Thanks again for all of your help, I really need it!
The first question comes with my north bridge. I have a 8rda3+ motherboard which uses a thermal epoxy to hold the heatsink onto the chip. How do I break this bond without damaging the motherboard?
Also, I have bought a waterblock for my gf4 which is a MSI GF4 4200 card. It comes with a huge heatsink on it, and I am wondering if I should remove it to cool it more or not. It runs consistantly around 47C and I don't overclock it nor am I a big gamer, though I do sometimes. Should I just sell that waterblock in classifieds, or is it still worth doing it? I have everything set to go ahead and cool it, and I would like to, but I am not sure how much I will be removing because again the heatsink is huge. Here is what it looks like......
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-127-070-06.JPG
http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/14-127-070-05.JPG
Thanks again for all of your help, I really need it!