680i Chipset Cooler

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HotGore

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Alright I am had enough of this noisy fan. I need a chipset cooler but I have two concerns. My first being that the south bridge is connected via heat pipe to the north bridge. The south bridge sits right below my video card so geting a higher profile cooler is out of the question. Concern number two is that having the Zalman 9700 cooler I don't have much room to put a bigger north bridge cooler on it. Any suggestions for coolers?
 
I have the same chipset. Not sure about the heat pipe layout but I doubt they are much different. As long as you have adequate airflow where the heat pipe ends at the top you should be fine.

I just had to switch to a TJ09 case from a pcv11100 from lian li because the latter inverts the board and the heat was rising to the sb cooler.

I don't know of any aftermarket 680i chipset solutions out, but then again they are new.

PS The pcv1* silent cases from Lian LI are wonderful. But not near enough cooling for 2 8800's. I got cpu temps of 63 degrees + when i put the side of the case on.
 
I am using the P180, and I believe I have good airflow. The heatsink gets pretty warm, especially when I OC. The manual also suggest that I use a fan to cool it when I OC too.

@filthysanchez

I don't thing those Zalmans could handle this.
 
They the Zalmans *may* be able to cool the south bridge. A thermalright solution for the North bridge would be better.
 
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