My Nf7-s North Bridge

[kaiweiler]

Hey, just to let everyone know, the Northbridge fan on the NF7-S mobo is shit....
I've had this mobo for maybe 2 months now and the nb fan just gives out, every minute or two it just starts rattling like a fucker and stops...very dangerous....
anyway I ordered the Zalman Northbridge Cooler (http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/7/179/5375) and it should be on it,s way, it should apparantly drop temps 3-4 degrees, as well as run totally silent, another step forward in the battle of achieving silence....
damn NF7-S....
It's an amazing mobo, but the fuckin Northbridge Coller dies in a number of months, my friend has the same mobo and his gave out as well :angry:

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@27 April 2004 - 19:33
Hey, just to let everyone know, the Northbridge fan on the NF7-S mobo is shit....
I've had this mobo for maybe 2 months now and the nb fan just gives out, every minute or two it just starts rattling like a fucker and stops...very dangerous....
anyway I ordered the Zalman Northbridge Cooler (http://www.bytewizecomputers.com/products/7/7/179/5375) and it should be on it,s way, it should apparantly drop temps 3-4 degrees, as well as run totally silent, another step forward in the battle of achieving silence....
damn NF7-S....
It's an amazing mobo, but the fuckin Northbridge Coller dies in a number of months, my friend has the same mobo and his gave out as well :angry:
new one ur getting is awsome. I was also looking into buying this nortbridge cooler, as my tiny little one, i feel, is too little.

now I know atleast where in canada I can order it from :) thanks for that.

[kaiweiler]

Hey rossco!
Yeah I read up on it a lot, and it seems to be the best around....
I didn't order it from that site though. I got it from Vibe Computers (http://www.vibecomputers.com/index.cfm?loc=iview&if=n&vID=190712), which is a place I've had very good luck with so far, I buy most of my stuff there, it's cheaper and they are pretty reliable

[clocker]

I bought one of those for my northbridge, but it was too small.
So I stuck it on my southbridge instead.

I'm seriously considering using one on my vidcard, too.

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 20:47
I bought one of those for my northbridge, but it was too small.
So I stuck it on my southbridge instead.

I'm seriously considering using one on my vidcard, too.
Yeah from what the reviews say these things are amazing
especially for only 10 bucks canadian!
I don't think my vid card needs one, the heatsink that comes on it stock is actually quite good
http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/Images/420_Front_sm.jpg

http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/Images/420_Installed_sm.jpg

:D
I like it lol

EDIT oh and I know it will fit, because a few of the reviews used the NF7-S to test it and it fit perfect...

[clocker]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@27 April 2004 - 18:52


EDIT oh and I know it will fit, because a few of the reviews used the NF7-S to test it and it fit perfect...
Oh, it would have fit my board just fine.

My northbridge chip was just larger than the bottom of the HS, that's all.

[kaiweiler]

http://www.gurureview.co.uk/uploadfiles/images/zalman/NB/picture7.jpg
:P should work fine for me...

[tesco]

Originally posted by kaiweiler@27 April 2004 - 21:03
http://www.gurureview.co.uk/uploadfiles/images/zalman/NB/picture7.jpg
:P should work fine for me...
its the same chipset isnt it?

[clocker]

Yes it is.

The bottom of the Zalman HS is not flat.
It is relieved (stepped) on two sides, so only the center will make contact with the chip.
It may be that this won't matter...I don't know how much of the northbridge chip is active (i.e. hot)...but I decided not to find out.
The little stock sink that Asus provides makes contact with the entire surface of the chip....

[Virtualbody1234]

I like it.

http://www.vibecomputers.com/images/Products/190712l.gif

[clocker]

In that picture you can see exactly what I was talking about.
The two long sides are cut away to provide clearance for the mounting arms.

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 21:14
Yes it is.

The bottom of the Zalman HS is not flat.
It is relieved (stepped) on two sides, so only the center will make contact with the chip.
It may be that this won't matter...I don't know how much of the northbridge chip is active (i.e. hot)...but I decided not to find out.
The little stock sink that Asus provides makes contact with the entire surface of the chip....
Come on clocker, its a Zalman product, how could you pass that up?

The core of the chipset is in the middle of the chip, the heat is only in the middle, nothing around the edges. here is what its like:
http://filesharingtalk.com/sigs/chipsetpic.JPG

its just like an amd cpu, except that there is a plactis coding around it that protects it.

[clocker]

OK, I'll take your word on it.

Doesn't much matter now.
Now that I'm back on air cooling the damn thing won't fit with my 7000cu installed anyway.

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 21:30
OK, I'll take your word on it.

Doesn't much matter now.
Now that I'm back on air cooling the damn thing won't fit with my 7000cu installed anyway.
Your back to air cooling :o

wait a sec...yes u r...forgot lol. that caught me by surprise :lol:

[clocker]

I change it back and forth almost everyday it seems.

Like socks, kinda....

[tesco]

Originally posted by clocker@27 April 2004 - 21:44
I change it back and forth almost everyday it seems.

Like socks, kinda....
lol. you better stop that, or one day you'll spill on some parts (again).

[kaiweiler]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004+27 April 2004 - 22:56--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ROSSCO_2004 @ 27 April 2004 - 22:56)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-clocker@27 April 2004 - 21:44
I change it back and forth almost everyday it seems.

Like socks, kinda....
lol. you better stop that, or one day you&#39;ll spill on some parts (again). [/b][/quote]
Yeah but then he would get bored and with nothing to do who knows what he&#39;d be capable of&#33;

[RGX]

"Worlds first hovering house"

"Powered by 800 power supplys, Mr C.Locker&#39;s house is suspended in the air by huge amounts of 120mm and 80mm fans. When asked why he was performing such a task, Mr Locker could not reply due to the deafening noise being emmitted by the central bank of tornadoes/"


:lol:

[clocker]

http://www.vibecomputers.com/images/Products/190712l.gif
I just mounted one of these on my 9600XT.
The jury is still out on how effective it is, but the look is very good...

Edit:
Who here has a 9600/9800XT with Overdrive?
What sort of temps does it report?
This card is new to me and I have very little baseline data to go by...