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Best NB/SB Cooling?

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Ok, I've got an EPoX 8rda+ (rev 1.1? dunno) that has the circular HS on the NB.

Right now I'm running my 2500+ at 11.5 X 200, 1.875V. Current memory voltage is 2.77V.

Now, I know epox boards don't exactly run cool, and with the OC I've got going on, I'm just a little worried about the board getting too hot.

Not too many people on the EPoX forum at amdmb.com have NB/SB cooling. I've looked at some passive cooling (Zalmann HS), but I'd probably only use that on the SB. I know some people use IceBurq's HS+HSF NB cooler. This is an interesting proposition, but I don't know if I want to spend the money for the latter. I've seen some people use small 60mm fans on the stock NB cooling, and other interesting solutions to the heat nForce's Northbridge can create.

I want to know what's the best buy for the money, how much money would I be looking at spending, and is it worth it? My set up is stable, and my temps aren't bad at all, but I don't want to face a problem down the road with stability due to temps.

Thanks in advance for the advice.
 
My 8RDA+ would only do 215fsb 1:1. I could not get it to go higher. I had a iceberg on the NB too. How bad do you want high fsb? I got a DFI Infinity board and it just ran prime 95 for 8 hours at 240fsb. It does up to about 250fsb but my ram does not like it. The 8RDA+ motherboards are great motherboards. The thing is that many do not do real high fsb unless you had an older one. It is just hit or miss. Even with a better cooler I would not expect your board to go much higher than what it currently does.
 
well, i will reply to ur top Q. the best NB cooling that i have seen(besides Water/tec/phasechange) is putting a zalman 6000-alcu onto your NB, and then for ur SB put on what fits, it doesnt get to hot... i am teh one who put the zalman onto my NB, and put the stock NB cooler onto SB( dfi infinity) it all cools SO nicely :) i saw a guy pondering a slk-800 onto hus nb, but never saw it in the end...
 
I'll look into that then. I don't want incredibly high FSB.. but I'd like to drop the multiplier if I can, and maybe go for a higher OC.
 
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