Hot nothbridge, what block would you recommend?

ukdan · Jul 28, 2004

burnt my finger when i touched the standard northbridge heatsink on my P4C800EDLX while priming. So i want to add a northbridge waterblock in my loop. I have been looking for an all copper or copper/ally block but havent been able to find one, all i could find is poly tops. What do people on here use and what should i be searching for with regards to copper/ally top blocks?

btw, i put a temp probe on the heatsink and it read 51c!

jenkx · Jul 28, 2004

Get the swiftech MCW20-P. It's what I use and it does the job. Go to www.swiftnets.com and you'll find it there.

SureFoot · Jul 28, 2004

Dangerden chipset blocks (Z-block and chipset maze4) are made of copper.

Shootingblanks · Jul 28, 2004

try using passive air cooling by using the swiftech mcx159 and avoid adding extra heat into your watercooling loop.

eXCeSS · Jul 29, 2004

Shootingblanks said:
try using passive air cooling by using the swiftech mcx159 and avoid adding extra heat into your watercooling loop.

I agree, get better aircooling for that, I would avoid the huge pressure drop having an extra block would create.

hafa · Jul 29, 2004

Or you can just point a low RPM 80mm fan at it. This solution brought my NB HS from "finger burning" to "pleasantly cool" with no impact on my W/C loop.

SureFoot · Jul 29, 2004

"huge pressure drop", "extra heat", "add a fan" -> nooo this is not the case
first adding a fan is not acceptable (noise..)
next passive air cooling doesnt cut it, especially with very hot NB chips like the NForce series
finally blocks like the DangerDen ones have a very low pressure drop and fit nicely in a watercooling loop, for example after the GPU..

hazmat · Jul 29, 2004

aircool the nb. Watercooling your nb is a waste. There's a lot of debate about it. Try searching the forums for previous discussions about it. Just like everyone said above...just find a good nb heatsink. I recommend the thermalright nb1, the swiftech 159 or the microcool northpole.

good luck

SureFoot · Jul 29, 2004

hazmat said:
aircool the nb. Watercooling your nb is a waste. There's a lot of debate about it. Try searching the forums for previous discussions about it. Just like everyone said above...just find a good nb heatsink. I recommend the thermalright nb1, the swiftech 159 or the microcool northpole.

good luck

Not acceptable when watercooling for noise reduction...

hazmat · Jul 29, 2004

a 18dba fan on a swifttech 159 is unacceptable? It's damn near silent AND it won't affect your watercooled components. ukdan didn't mention anything about noise...get off of that.

SureFoot · Jul 29, 2004

hazmat said:
a 18dba fan on a swifttech 159 is unacceptable? It's damn near silent.

I can hear 12dBA rated fans 2 rooms away. Maybe because it's very quiet where i live..

hazmat said:
AND it won't affect your watercooled components.

Adding the NB waterblock didn't make a big difference in temps for me.. BUT it made a big diffrence in mobo stability @ high RAM speeds

hazmat said:
ukdan didn't mention anything about noise...get off of that.

ok.

ukdan · Jul 29, 2004

Thanks for the comments people, but ive gone with the dangerden waterblock because noise is a concern for me.

DeViL_909 · Jul 29, 2004

Good choice. I just hope the retaining clips have been fixed. Those things used to be dangerous!

corrosion231 · Jul 29, 2004

the z block has been crushing northbridges.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=300429

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