cooling the southbridge

Charloz24

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• Jan 7, 2004

• #1

Do cooling the SB helps somehtings to get higher fsb?

And also what about cooling the mofsets?

 

mrnuke

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• Jan 7, 2004

• #2

yes, cooling in turn will give you a more stable board to oc with, but it could be big gains, then agin it could only be like 5mhz, you never know till you try.

 

necromanx13x

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• Jan 7, 2004

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Cooling the mosfets helps stabilize voltages a lot when over volting. Cooling the southbridge will help somewhat but I doubt youll see any huge gains in stability at all.

 

johan851

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• Jan 7, 2004

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Cooling the SB has been known to fix some issues with crackling sound and whatnot. Definitely worth the time - that SB gets hot!

 

necromanx13x

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• Jan 8, 2004

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I get crackling and I have a heatsink that came with my vantec iceberg on the sb.

 

PiMpShiN

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• Jan 8, 2004

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Cooling it could also increase the life of the motherboard, if someone invests alot of money into something they should take good care of it, so suggects cooling the southbride. Even if it doesnt increase your fsb it is a smart thing to do.