NorthBridge WB?

[Istari1]

Ok, so basically is this even a reasonable idea? I know the northbridges of a KT266A can be a little warm, but I've never seen evidence that great cooling on a NB actually effects anything. Any articles out there that show a difference? ALso I am going with a pretty high flow system (500 GPH pump and heater core), will a NB cooler kill my systems flow rates? All the ones I've seen look very small and seems that those small channels would cause alot of back pressure (even with 1/2" fittings).

Josh

 

[Diggrr]

Here's a decent article describing what whatercooling can and can't do for your northbridge: http://www.overclockers.com/articles423/

Even if your not overclocking, (I'm not) you'll enjoy the added stability, and the other components will enjoy a cooler case.

My northy block is plumbed in parallel, so the smaller block doesn't effect the flow through the cpu block. I purposely made the channels small so the cpu would get the lion's share of the waterflow, as it has the largest ammount of wattage to dissipate.

 

[Istari1]

Hmm..but in parralell arent you losing basically half your flow through the CPU Wb but splicing the main line in 2? Or am I missing something? (I prolly am since I am by no means a watercooling expert). Funny thing is I have an Abit KR7A with some Corsair XMS2400 and I cant get anything above 139 FSB stable. . . I wonder if it may be my NB...damn. Thanks for that link man.

Josh

 

[Diggrr]

Hmm..but in parralell arent you losing basically half your flow through the CPU Wb but splicing the main line in 2?

That's why I made the center channel on my northbridge waterblock so small. It's only 1/8" deep and 3/8" wide. This flow restriction guarantees that most of the waterflow goes through the cpu's waterblock.
The small northbridge block will only allow about (guessing here) 1/4 of the water flow through compared to the cpu's waterblock.