Best Chipset Cooler???

[Vector]

what's the best chipset cooler i can get...everyone keeps talking about the blue orb, but i'm wondering if there's anything better out there...I've got an A7V133 and i'm trying to up the fsb

even considering epoxying a heatsink/fan

thanks for any info

 

[jeff_harrison_344]

The blue orb is prolly the best chipset cooler that is actually meant for chipsets. But a lot of people for their video cards use small socket7 HSF's.

 

[Flash]

The *best* chipset cooler would be a water block.

 

[jeff_harrison_344]

True, but I think he means like reasonable price range. You can pick up blorbs for under 10 bucks now.

 

[zoopa_man]

Blorbs aren't very flat on the bottom if you get one be prepared to do some big time lapping. I guess blorbs work well, lasagna is a popular one too.

 

[el]

svcompucycle has epoxy super cheap like 9bucks and orbs for 7.50 if you want to use an orb that is. thermtake is evil! EVIL

 

[ken257]

On my A7V133 I took a stock Intel P3 HSF, drilled and tapped 2 holes then bolted it to the chipset through the 2 holes in the mobo. This got me from 144 to 150 fsb with the ability to run a higher i/o voltage at cooler temps.

 

[outhouse]

The best for the price would be to make your own out of an old HSF for a CPU cut it down to size then your set mine was 5 bucks and it cools circles around the borb to attach it use thermal compound on the chip with 4 drops of superglue in the corners and your set.

 

[Colin]

Coolermaster socket A, 50mm wide HSF, $5 at a computer show. Drill and use self tapping screws.

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