NF7-S SB Heatsink

Overcrocked

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I was thinking that putting a heatsink on my SB. Would be it be possible to fit the heatsink from the stock cooling fan on an AMD HSF? Or any suggestions on what to use?

-Thanks, Overcrocked

 

wannaoc

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It may be possible but it would be overkill. Just get yourself a nice passive heatsink like the Zhalman gold one and you will be fine for now. If you have no sound crackles or usuall sb heat problems from high (200ish)FSB then don't worry about it.

 

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Right, found one.

-Thanks, Overcrocked

 

treepop

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I fixed my issues with an el cheapo hs off an old tnt2 graphics card

 

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I may still have an old TNT2 lying around, I'm gonna check it out.

 

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Stock AMD heatsinks are for the northbridge. Southbridge gets like an old p3 or k6 heatsink and mosfets get like any kinda heatsink cut up.

 

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I just put the stock NB cooler on the SB and extended the wires so I could use the fan.

 

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Flewdefur

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what did you use to attach the heatsink? after like 2hrs of music i get some distortion...grr...so i was gonna put one of my old heatsinks on it but i dont know what to use. would some thermal tape from frys be good enough for this?

 

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I used ASIII in the middle of the SB chip and put cheap-o thermal epoxy in the four corners.

 

xboy

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Do the ghetto mod !

 

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i did the same thing as taco_fox, except w/ super glue on the 4 corners. Its easy as hell if u dont need the stock Abit hsf. Just cut the wires, give them extensions, twist the ends back, electric tape them, and ur set.

 

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i was planning on doing the same as taco fox as well once i get my hydra from cathar ( still in developement) but i may go uber on the sm and raid chip controller with a complete amd heatsink cut to fit because
I CAN

i already did mosfets and im also doing my router just in case

 

dropadrop

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And has anyone noticed any diferance after cooling the southbridge?

 

thorilan

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read this

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?threadid=22103

 

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Flewdefur

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well i definitely have to get some better cooling for my chips. I dropped my settings from 200fsb *10 back to stock speed and was able to listen to music the entire night without distortion versus while OCed i can only get maybe 3-4hrs before i have to stop the music for a few minutes while the chip rests.

I guess the thermal epoxy is the way to go, how easy is that stuff to take off in the future?

 

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I chopped up a green pentium heatsink for mine. The groove for the clip made just enough space for my LSI U160 card to slide through.