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SIRTIM3

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I am in the middle of my first watercooling loop. I have a Rampage extreme ii core i7 and hd5970. I am watercooling the i7, 5970, and the northbridge and southbridge. I have a 360 rad and 240 rad. My question is about my full coverage northbridge southbridge block this is the model I have EK-FB RE2-AC. In case you are wondering why I am taking on the northbridge and southbridge in my first loop is because my northbridge was always in the 70 C degrees plus( live in southern cali with no AC) I tried everthing from changing thermal compound to a blowing a fan on it. A blowing fan on it kept in control, so needless to say that is why I am watercooling it. QUESTION TIME the full coverage block only covers the northbridge and southbridge but leaves I beleive they are mofsets with no heatsink. IS THAT OK??? Or do I need to take some sort of cooling action with them??? Any info on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
SIRTIM3 said:
I am in the middle of my first watercooling loop. I have a Rampage extreme ii core i7 and hd5970. I am watercooling the i7, 5970, and the northbridge and southbridge. I have a 360 rad and 240 rad. My question is about my full coverage northbridge southbridge block this is the model I have EK-FB RE2-AC. In case you are wondering why I am taking on the northbridge and southbridge in my first loop is because my northbridge was always in the 70 C degrees plus( live in southern cali with no AC) I tried everthing from changing thermal compound to a blowing a fan on it. A blowing fan on it kept in control, so needless to say that is why I am watercooling it. QUESTION TIME the full coverage block only covers the northbridge and southbridge but leaves I beleive they are mofsets with no heatsink. IS THAT OK??? Or do I need to take some sort of cooling action with them??? Any info on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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sadly Core i7 doesn't really tell us everything. socket 1366 or 1156 would give us more needed info.

if your northbridge heatsink came off and the mosfet heatsinks were attached then yes you should probably cool them too.
 
core i7 920 1366. The stock heatsink is a one peice block that covers northbridge, southbridge, mofsets. The watercooling full coverage block only covers northbridge and southbridge.
 
SIRTIM3 said:
core i7 920 1366. The stock heatsink is a one peice block that covers northbridge, southbridge, mofsets. The watercooling full coverage block only covers northbridge and southbridge.
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if it is the Asus Rampage 2 extreme inn your signiture then I would definitely get some cooling on those mosfets. I recall that being one of the hotter x58s........... or was that the matx version.......... eh oh well it wont hurt to cool them.
 
Sojuuk said:
if it is the Asus Rampage 2 extreme inn your signiture then I would definitely get some cooling on those mosfets. I recall that being one of the hotter x58s........... or was that the matx version.......... eh oh well it wont hurt to cool them.
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Rampage II GENE was worse, due to the lack of a good cooler. Stinking "unified heatpipe cooler" attached to a HS that even a 60mm fan dwarfs.:mad:
 
SIRTIM3 said:
WOW!!!! Hate to say it, but that makes me feel a little better
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Would it make you feel WORSE if you knew I gathered that soley from empirical usage!? :mad:


:p I eventually directed a 120mm fan right at it, so it's all cool now :cool:


:D
 
jeremyshaw said:
Would it make you feel WORSE if you knew I gathered that soley from empirical usage!? :mad:


:p I eventually directed a 120mm fan right at it, so it's all cool now :cool:


:D
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I almost got that board too, but decided to go with the ATX version. Regardless its an awesome board and I love it other then these high northbridge temps.
 
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