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haadij404

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So I have my e6300 oc'd and the NB is blazing hot. I can't touch it for than 1 second without getting proper burned. I think its affected my ability to get past 487FSB. What are you guys using to cool it? For the time being I have rigged a 92mm to blow air over it...but it want something that will be better. I have looked at some NB coolers but it seems they wont fit because of my zalman 9500 cooler.

What are you guys using? And what would you recommend...my specs are in signature.
 
haadij404 said:
So I have my e6300 oc'd and the NB is blazing hot. I can't touch it for than 1 second without getting proper burned. I think its affected my ability to get past 487FSB. What are you guys using to cool it? For the time being I have rigged a 92mm to blow air over it...but it want something that will be better. I have looked at some NB coolers but it seems they wont fit because of my zalman 9500 cooler.

What are you guys using? And what would you recommend...my specs are in signature.
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Sunon 50mm x 10mm fan. Fits anywhere. Have it blow down on the Northbridge heatsink. I glued it on there with a drop of Plumbers Goop an adhesive/sealant product for sale at Home Depot. You could fry an egg on mine before I added the fan, now it is comfortably warm but not hot to the touch.

Mine was very close to this but not the exact model a little different since newegg no longer carries it, but this one should be fine since I had to slow mine down anyway. This one is $6 at newegg.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835221005

Triangle Cables has the exact model I got also 6 bucks

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http://www.trianglecables.com/50sundcbalbe.html
 
I just ordered an HR-05 for my board. It's en route from Jabtech. I plan on coupling it with an 80mm fan although they recommend a 70. Passive cooling with an additional fan should definitely help the NB.
 
wdn said:
Sunon 50mm x 10mm fan. Fits anywhere. Have it blow down on the Northbridge heatsink. I glued it on there with a drop of Plumbers Goop an adhesive/sealant product for sale at Home Depot. You could fry an egg on mine before I added the fan, now it is comfortably warm but not hot to the touch.
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I just glue it directly onto the NB? I am scared the fan will melt :eek:!

I was thinking about the HR...but I am worried it won't fit. What cooler do you have?
 
Another setup I heard is using a fan bracket and hanging a fan over/next to the stock NB heatsink.
 
haadij404 said:
I just glue it directly onto the NB? I am scared the fan will melt :eek:!

I was thinking about the HR...but I am worried it won't fit. What cooler do you have?
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btw, I found a picture on here with the P5N-E and HR on the NB. Let me try to find it.
 
Don't worry, the fan is not going to melt. The fan is blowing the hot air off the heatsink, which is not even hot to the touch any more. It is warm but not hot.
 
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