chipset fan

brian19876 · Feb 2, 2004

should i put a fan on my chipset

dead_man311 · Feb 2, 2004

really all depends if its getting hot its ifs not then there is no need

Voodoo Rufus · Feb 2, 2004

What chipset do you have? Need that before we can make a reccomendation.

creepy · Feb 2, 2004

it cant hurt.....you might as well. If you want something cheap but works good go w/ a zalman passive.

brian19876 · Feb 3, 2004

my chipset is the intel 875p

Bobby · Feb 3, 2004

If you're o/c'ing your system, it's a pretty good idea.

-Bobby

Como · Feb 3, 2004

if i were you jsut hold your finger on it for a minuit. if you can keep it on there for 60 seconds without getting hurt (while this is running a game or something, be careful not to breakj anything/ ESD stuff) then its not really getting hot enough to need one. granted your finger is cooling to some effect, but burning flesh is a good indicator you need some cooling. (tis how i decided i need SB cooling)

Bobby · Feb 3, 2004

On the Intel 865/875 chipset, the general rule was if you o/c past 1000mhz fsb, you should go with some sort of active cooling on your northbridge. I hotglued a 40mm fan on my nb hs and it's fairly cool to the touch now.

-Bobby

aronmartin · Feb 3, 2004

Why not? any extra cooling helps, especially if your oc'n besides cooler = longer life. I just put a fan on mine, was able to mod a old p1 fan I had laying around. All I had to do was elongate the mounting holes in the fan a little.

Voodoo Rufus · Feb 3, 2004

It doesn't take a lot of airflow for a fan to cool something much better than passively. Any old fan should do it you can fit it on.

I'd think that active cooling on an 875 is a GOOD idea.

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