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Watercool NF4 Chipset?

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Q-Ball23

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On a NF4 board for the NF4 Chipset. Can I put a nothbridge block on it, the same way I had attatched onto my NF2 motherboard. My new motherboard is a DFI SLI-DR. It has the active cooling, just wondering if anyone knows if the northbridge blocks still fit. I should of wait, but I sold all my blocks before I recived my mobo. I knew the cpu wouldnt fit. :D
 
judgeing by pics i found on new egg i would say that its got standard mounting holes the chipsets seem to be about the same size as nforce 2 chipset and a DD maze4 chip set block sould fit just fine as it has some leway in its desgin, as for others, cant say but i dont see why not

the only thing you would have to watch for is interference with your vid card, if its to long you may hit the tubes... the active fan looks like it was desgined so that cards will pass right over it, just peaked in at my dd block and it stands a good 1/4 to 3/8's in taller than a pci slot

nearist i can tell if you mess with the installation you might be able to get the tube so there inbetween the 2 cards, on my NF2 the mounting holes are straight up and down, and this makes the tubes at a 45° angle no matter what but on that board there at a 45° angle compared to the pci slots, there for the hoses should be parallel to the pci slots, and you migth run into trouble with the top card in that respect, it all depends on how far over the chipset your cards hang, and in that case, if ram sinks/other cooling device or componets that happen to be mounted on the under side of the card stick out where the barbs/tubes are.

luck

/edit update you sig with your current pc so i can see what you might run into

thore
 
my 6600GTs PCB actually sits on the fan sheath, Ive seen the Corsiar cool branded chipset cooler fitted to it though.
 
Ok, I edited my sig. I can take pics later today. Still have to mount the mobo in. :)
 
I was wondering the same thing, in runs hot and LOUD sometimes. 7000 rpms is a killer. I'd suggest tossing AS5 on it for starters.

I heard that there's only 1 waterblock out now that can work around the tiny space that is available for it just below the videocard. I've got a 6800GT and same board, and the space is too tight for anything else seemingly.
 
The only NB cooler that works with that board is the Koolance cooler. There is a company in Austria called Zern that makes coolers that fit and can be had through MIPS in Germany and possibly Sharka (special order). The Aqua Computer TwinPlex Pro that is supposed to be coming out is reputed to fit as well, but at the moment it appears to be vaporware.
 
that koolance block looks to be the solution at the moment, if your gung ho to get this done, then theres your answer if you can wait, im shure one of the other compneys will come out with something sooner or later, (im supprised DD hasnt already, theres usually on top of this knid of stuff)

thore
 
Ive also seen pictures of what looks like the original GPU block for the Zalman Reserator installed on the chipset of an Asus AN8 SLI. Not sure if it would fit a DFI though.
 
I've talked to DD and they told me they are working on a block for the DFI board.
 
Awesome, I was wondering if the Asus would work on the DFI. Cause I dont want to wait anymore :(
 
I'm using the koolance block. 35idle 40load, with the fans on my radiator running half power
 
cypher22 said:
I'm using the koolance block. 35idle 40load, with the fans on my radiator running half power
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Koolance looks so ugly. It wont look good with my swiftech storm :cool:
 
Im actually running into the same problem with my nf3 board and the artic cooler, i was looking into the same koolance block, but it only has 1/4' fittings, how much of a flow restriction would this cause in a 3/8 system?
 
3/8" IS a flow restriction... (in other words if you running 3/8" dont worry about it, you wont see much of a difference) most of the channels are n't much bigger than 1/4" any way... (at least that i've seen... ) these systems arnt built for flow, there bulit to look pretty, and just work(kinda)

thore
 
Danger Den better get to work! :D Or swiftech, as long as they match the storm, i'd be happy :cool:
 
Somewhere ive also seen the Corsair Cool branded chipset block cooling an NF4 Lanparty too...
 
Xylo said:
BTW, I found this one specifically designed for the Lanparty UT boards like I have...
http://www.watercooling.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1_17_248&products_id=27125

A little pricy...but not necessarily prohibitvely so. Not sure about the flow restriction though??
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Looks alright, the 1/4 would restrict a lot of pressure. Im running a 1/2 inch setup myself. and im only doing CPU cause I dont even have a PCIE card yet. My x800xl is on the way. But im going to sell it, and buy an x850xt pe and wait for the R520. Hopefully ATI wont need a new GPU block. But just incase I am waiting to see.

But back to the topic, DD or Swiftech needs to make one with 1/2' barbs
 
Q-Ball23 said:
Looks alright, the 1/4 would restrict a lot of pressure. Im running a 1/2 inch setup myself. and im only doing CPU cause I dont even have a PCIE card yet.
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That cooler is made by Zern in Austria and it has a G 1/4 thread on it. A G class thread spec is short for a BSPP thread. So there wouldn't be a lot of restriction for a 1/2" system. But how would you get two 1/2" ID tubes into that little tiny space between the boards is beyond me.
 
Top Nurse said:
That cooler is made by Zern in Austria and it has a G 1/4 thread on it. A G class thread spec is short for a BSPP thread. So there wouldn't be a lot of restriction for a 1/2" system. But how would you get two 1/2" ID tubes into that little tiny space between the boards is beyond me.
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if the spaceing is the same as any other pci slot, at worst he wopuld loose the pci 1x slot inbetween the 2 16x slots even then its still usable as long as the card he sticks in there is short enought.. and if he uses dubble hight cards he still has enought room to get half inch ID hose in there

Slot spacing SHALL be 20.32 mm (.8 inch)
(sounce)www.eurotech.it/downloadarea/ datasheets/specifications/cpci_Spec_v2_1.pdf

so just a littel over 3/4 of an inch , tygon at its thickest isnt that thick (perhaps with hoseclamps it may get closer, but you would only need to trun them till there not in the way) and if he forgose the pci1x slot all together , he would have close to 1.25 inches left over even with a single hight card installed in both slots..

the block would have to be designed correctly , but it wouldnt be that tough to do

thore
 
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