Any good southbridge cooling solutions?

[ConquereR]

Will any north bridge cooler work on a southbridge even though it doesn have mounting holes? heh. Or should something like a zalman heatsink be thermally glued to the southbridge?

[alpha_gamer]

I don't think the southbridge gets very hot, don't bother cooling it. Spend your money on better cooling for you north bridge and CPU.

[ConquereR]

Originally posted by alpha_gamer
I don't think the southbridge gets very hot, don't bother cooling it. Spend your money on better cooling for you north bridge and CPU.

Hehe really nothing better i can get.

Got a SLK-800-U with a Smaft Fan 2 on it. Might put a tornado on it though. On my northbridge i have a Microcool Northpole Chipset Cooling Kit, i love it. Linkage (http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/minochcokit.html)

EDIT : i cant find all the PPL and MOSFET chips to put the little heatsinks on. Anyone got a pic of a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and could label them for me?

[Ffats]

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/448415125154.jpg

As for the PPL chips, I have no idea what they are, sorry. (You could cut up some sinks for the LAN controller and SATA controller chips at the bottom left of the board (or right... I think you get my drift).

Your best bet for SB cooling would be the Zalman passive sink for the NB - As there are no mounting holes for the southbridge, you'll have to use some thermal epoxy (or some frag tape if you need a non-permanent solution). You could also attach a little 40mm fan, if you truly want to go for overkill :).

[RZA]

As said somewhere around here, try mixing some thermal adhesive with AS3 in 1:1 ratio. This will give you semi-permanent solution, cause this mixture doesn't hold THAT tight. However, in this very reason I don't recommend to attach a fan to this heatsink - the combo will be rather heavy, and who knows whether that adhesive+compound mix will hold it.

BTW, there are rumors that southbridge does start to heat up when core voltages are significantly raised. So I wouldn't consider this overkill if going for some serious OCing...

[RZA]

BTW, PLL chips are the ones regulating FSB.

[stan03]

http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=217667 ask dcesther where he got his

[wannaoc]

A Zhalman gold heatsink will work fine and is nice and cheap. Alpha_gamer it does get very hot when you pump up the fsb, usually you get a crackle in sound or unstable lan.

[dcesther]

I got mine over another country, and they don't deliver to USA, therefore my mom have to bring it for me.

[Kino]

hm., just curious, what country was it?

[star882]

"I don't think the southbridge gets very hot, don't bother cooling it."
In Britney machines(which have the northbridge integrated into the CPU), the southbridge has a passive heatsink, and it gets pretty warm.
One Britney mobo actually has a small HSF for the southbridge!

[jlin453]

I use the onboard sound and my SB was VERY hot. I coudln't even keep my fingers on it.

[Ffats]

Originally posted by RZA
BTW, PLL chips are the ones regulating FSB.

Yeah... But where are they physically?

[The_Jizzler]

http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/-2.JPG

[Ffats]

:D Thanks Jizzler (I feel dirty now...)

[ConquereR]

thanks

[alpha_gamer]

Originally posted by wannaoc
A Zhalman gold heatsink will work fine and is nice and cheap. Alpha_gamer it does get very hot when you pump up the fsb, usually you get a crackle in sound or unstable lan.

Oh alright, I didn't know that. My FSB is only at 133, so i don't get much heat from it. It's funny you mentioned the crackling sound because I was gaming tonight and my sound started to crackle. One I unplugged the power to my speakers and plugged it back in again it seemed fine though.

[YviE]

I put the stock NB rad on my SB. I gets warm to touch at 203Mhz FSB.

Zalman NB-32J should do the job. I actually think this HS is more suited for the SB than the NB, because its base is narrow, thus not covering the whole NB.

[Caffinehog]

Originally posted by The_Jizzler
http://www.theforumisdown.com/uploadfiles/0103/-2.JPG

Yeah... they're all about that shape, and they're usually right next to a little silver oval thing with "14.3mhz" on it.

[Drinyth]

I cooled my SB chipset with one of the small passive heatsinks that came with my Vantec Iceberq package. Seems to work alright for me.

[aka665]

Originally posted by Drinyth
I cooled my SB chipset with one of the small passive heatsinks that came with my Vantec Iceberq package. Seems to work alright for me.


same here... i didn't want to Modify my original Epox Northbridge heatsink which doesn't really fit on the SB. some capacitor or something was blocking it

[DumpALump]

Anyone know where I can buy a heatsink for the southbridge that only has a height of about 2 cm? My southbridge is right next to my agp slot so the vid card is a little over the SB.

[stan03]

the vantec kit comes with some....