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HSF for northbridge - problems

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FluidG

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I want to get a good HSF for my northbridge because I heard they are good for getting the FSB up on an overclock. the one I have now is just a aluminum heatsink.

I was hoping to get something along the lines of a Blue Orb or something like it. Most people seem to use small VGA coolers for this.

my northbridge heatsink attaches in an uncommon way. It has these bent wire clips instead of plastic pins (like most video card's cooling). I can't fand anything that attaches this way. There are no holes in the mobo that I could use either. I was thinking of jsut using Arctic Silver Ceramique, but I dont know if it would work.... I mean, it would be the only thing holding a fan/heatsink onto the chipset...
 
Use an epoxy if you want it to stay without a retention module. Just remember, once it goes on it won't come off for anything.
 
will just pressing the heatsink against the chip with thermal epoxy hold the right pressure? retention clips also make sure the surfaces are pressed against each other correctly
 
yes, once you apply it correctly and let the epoxy set you will not need to worry about that again
 
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