Le_Murphant Posted April 24, 2007 CID Share Posted April 24, 2007 I just got a P5N-E SLI mobo, and since I plan on overclocking my E6600 a bit, I wanted to get an aftermarket cpu cooler. The problem is that I have about only 49 mm between the middle of the cpu and the humongous northbridge passive heatsink. I looked over zalman's website, and I can't seem to find something that will fit. I guess I could consider getting a heastink fan, but I was wondering what you guys were thinking would be the best option. I was also considering the Scythe Katana Cu, that might be able to fit, but it's kinda hard to get in Canada, so I'd prefer sticking to Zalman. Edit: I thought maybe I could get a huge 120mm fan that would cover both my cpu and my northbridge, but I don't know much about cooling, so that might be a bad idea. The problem with getting a chipset cooler is that it will probably end up taking more space than the passive heatsink. To get an idea of the size of the heatsink, check this site: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/434/2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted April 24, 2007 CID Share Posted April 24, 2007 read this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=29&threadid=1972653&frmKeyword=&STARTPAGE=92&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear got some tips when it comes to OC on that mobo VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted April 27, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 27, 2007 Thx, that thread is great, bought a NB heat sink and a fan, I should receive them any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballista Posted April 28, 2007 CID Share Posted April 28, 2007 My brother has that motherboard and he uses this heatsink from Zalman. I also use this heatsink and it is honestly the best of the best. There are others out there that cool similarly but if you can go with a tried and true solution why not do so. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted April 28, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 28, 2007 Yep, that's exactly the one I bought, but I also bought another NB heat sink because I don't think that cooler would have fit with the original one. Anyways, I doubt that the stock HS on the NB would have been sufficient, due to the fact that I have a similar one on my P5LD2 and its average temp is about 131 degrees Celsius (I plan on changing it too eventually, maybe for a small fan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 28, 2007 CID Share Posted April 28, 2007 Yep, that's exactly the one I bought, but I also bought another NB heat sink because I don't think that cooler would have fit with the original one. Anyways, I doubt that the stock HS on the NB would have been sufficient, due to the fact that I have a similar one on my P5LD2 and its average temp is about 131 degrees Celsius (I plan on changing it too eventually, maybe for a small fan) 131 celcius!!! thats like almost 270 degrees Fahrenheit. thats pretty hot lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 yeah... i don't think it's that hot... probably 131 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted April 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 Nop, Speedfan is in Celsius, and it says 131. There's a fire sign next to the temperature The cpu on my laptop also gets that treatment at 52 Celsius Idle cause it's known for overheating. Everest also said so when I installed it but since I rebooted it won't give me any reading on anything With so many heating problems, I invested a lot in cooling in my new box, I'l see how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 I think your sensor is being misread... that temperature would roast the chip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 my case on my desktop has 2 120mm fans in it and a side air vent and it only maxes the cpu temp (with stock cooling) at 26 celcius, so 52celcius would be pretty hot, especially for a laptop, it wouldnt boot would it? being that hot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballista Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 Speedfan is rarely ever right! Use your ASUS AI Booster to get more realistic and actual temps. speedfan is rarely ever correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 speed fan is correct on my pc....the fan speed is wrong but other than that the temps are fine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted April 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 I am quite certain that my cpu reading is correct, Inspirons 5150 have a history of overheating, it can go till about 70 then it automatically throttles down. For the northbridge, it does indeed seem excessive to me, I'l check in the bios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted April 29, 2007 CID Share Posted April 29, 2007 yeah the northbridge should not get that hot at all if anything buy a fan like i did for mine, keeps everything cool. my core temp is almost always around 80-85 Fahrenheit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted April 30, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 30, 2007 Well I ran my comp with the case open and touched the HS for the northbridge and it becomes almost too hot to touch within 30 seconds of turning the computer on. That's y I will probably cool it with a small 40mm fan. Still havent checked in the bios, i'l keep you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le_Murphant Posted May 1, 2007 Author CID Share Posted May 1, 2007 Ok, checked Asus Probe as well as the bios, and the MB temperature appears to be 35 Celsius. The reading i get on speedfan is AUX0, but I still haven't found what it measures. I also realized that one of the fan connectors was not plugged in. I haven't plugged it in yet, I'l look up what it does, but I find it unlikely that it was I that unplugged it by accident. Chances are that it just shipped unplugged. What's weird is that the fan that is connected to it running, so I guess that the power doesn't come from there. I took a picture, I'l post it when I upload it to my comp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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