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advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« on: April 07, 2011, 01:00:52 PM »
Hey All,

I have the following motherboard GA-790XT-USB3.

i have recently gone from air cooling to using a corsair H70 so that i can oc my 1090T.

ive noticed that since changing from air to the H70 that what i assume is the chipset heatsink (has gigabyte written on it) has started getting incredibly hot.

I would like an alternative heatsink/heatsink fan combo to replace this. and something a little better for the soutbridge heatsink (right side).

also something for the  MOSFETs as these seem to be giving off alot of heat post 1090t but has to be VERY low profile to avoid the H50 as my case is small (CM Storm).

any ideas. input would be welcome

Thanks,

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 01:40:11 PM »
Most boards are designed to take advantage of the air flow of stock coolers, so when people switch coolers, or go to water, they often find

The least expensive, effective, method of cooling that AMD 770 chipset would be to pop off that blue Gigabyte plate (it's a piece of aluminum attached with double sided tape), and then attach a 40mm fan to the heatsink. You'd probably want to pull the heatsink off and replace the thermal compound while you are at it. A 40mm fan can be attached any number of ways, from wire, to high temp hot glue (my favored method).

If you want to spend slightly less effort and a bit more money, grab an Enzotech CNB-R1 or some equivalent chipset heatsink instead (measure the distance between those mounting holes first.

The MOSFETs to the left of the CPU should definitely be sinked if you are using an X6. Some full size copper BGA sinks (again I recommend Enzotech, specifically their BRM-C1s, but others can certainly work) on them should do the trick. Getting air over them would really help as well. Also, if you have any way to get some air moving across the underside of the motherboard, that would likely help at least as much.

Actually, is your case wide enough for you to move the H50's radiator to the side panel and have it blow down at the board? If you can do this, you probably wouldn't need to add anything (though putting ram sinks on the mosfets would still be a good idea). This would make it tricky to remove that side panel though. Still, moving the radiator to another position and using it as an intake could move some air over the board, and get the radiator itself away from the mosfet area.

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 04:01:49 PM »
Unfortunately i cant move the rad to the side pannel as the pump/heatsink and tubes touch right against it.

as for the mosfets i can find sinks that line up with the mounting supplied but non seem to have the clearence i need to sit under the second fan i have installed to the H50.

When you say remove the blue plate and attach a fan to the sink (the silver one attached with the 2 push pins) how would i go about attaching the fan in a safe manner?.

I will drop a picture the setup on here later to better give you an idea of the space limits i have

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 04:17:38 PM »
i was thinking about one of these for the southbridge

EverCool NCA-610 Serpent

but i do not think this will fit as a replacement for the chipset cooler?

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #4 on: April 07, 2011, 04:20:29 PM »
I'm still on air, but I've been really happy with the performance of my Northbridge cooler.  You can see it here peeking out behind the CPU heatsink.
 

 
Essentially a massive block of copper with an 80mm fan perched on top, my NB chipset.
 

 
It seems they don't see the one I have for my system, but it was essentially this but made out of pure copper and having fins about 3" high topped with the fan.
 
 
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2011, 04:34:13 PM »
ive noticed they do have a cooler for the 790FX chipset

the Thermalright HR-05 IFX Chipset Cooler

note sure if it will be compatible with my motherboard which has the 790X chipset

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2011, 05:00:59 PM »
Kingleer, man, you need more fans in that case, I see bare metal :D
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2011, 06:20:29 PM »
as for the mosfets i can find sinks that line up with the mounting supplied but non seem to have the clearence i need to sit under the second fan i have installed to the H50.

Just use standard ramsinks and the adhesive that comes with them. Each sink should be able to cover 4 fets. It's not perfect, but should suffice and is likely the best option given your space constraints.

When you say remove the blue plate and attach a fan to the sink (the silver one attached with the 2 push pins) how would i go about attaching the fan in a safe manner?.

I used a glue gun with high temp hot glue and simply put a blob of glue on each corner of the fan and pressed it onto my chipset heatsink. If the fan is doing it's job the sink should never get warm enough to soften the glue.


i was thinking about one of these for the southbridge

EverCool NCA-610 Serpent

but i do not think this will fit as a replacement for the chipset cooler?

The SB shouldn't need anywhere near that kind of cooling. Just replace the thermal paste and it should be fine.

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2011, 01:00:00 AM »
First and foremost, you should find out what temperature your northbridge is even running at. 50C isn't abnormal.

Secondly, if you're considering putting a new sink on it, you might also consider replacing the paste first. A G35-based Gigabyte mobo I had dropped 15C in load temperatures when I replaced the thermal paste on the sink. The stock stuff is some terrible plastic crap that doesn't dissolve well in alcohol unless it's a thin layer, so be prepared to either scrub a lot or scratch your heatsink.
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2011, 04:36:14 AM »
Kingleer, man, you need more fans in that case, I see bare metal :D

Ya, I wuz gonna say....
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #10 on: April 08, 2011, 05:33:56 AM »
And KingLeerUK said... "let there be fans..."
 
and he looked down upon his install, and it was good.
 

 
Despite what you might think, my system runs surprisingly quiet.
 
My case has 7x 120mm fans; 4 in the door, 1 on the top, 1 on the back, 1 on the front across the data array drives.  It also has 6x 80mm fans in the HD-bay coolers, the fan in the NB heatsink, the CPU fan and the memory cooler bridge has 3x 70mm fans.
 
What keeps this beast under control is the judicious use of a fan controller, and that I've since swapped out all the Apevia fans for Scythe FDB fans with very low dB ratings.
 
The loudest thing in the system is the GTX285, which really starts to shriek when put under an MWLL load.
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #11 on: April 08, 2011, 10:49:07 AM »
Fair play, that's pretty cool (Pun intended). At least you brought decent fans so it doesn't sound like a vacuum cleaner :D More than I can say for my GTX 580s, damn they get a bit loud when playing games lol.
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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #12 on: April 08, 2011, 10:55:15 AM »
dont have much in the way of temperature readings

all i can get from the bios is:


CPU 26
Chipset 45
Ambient 27

This is after 2-4 hours of Crysis 2 and Metro 2033

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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #13 on: April 08, 2011, 11:23:50 AM »
You could use PC Wizard, or the Core Temp gadget (there are video card gadgets for this too) if using vista/7.


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Re: advice regarding motherboard chipset cooling
« Reply #14 on: April 08, 2011, 01:29:16 PM »
dont have much in the way of temperature readings

all i can get from the bios is:


CPU 26
Chipset 45
Ambient 27

This is after 2-4 hours of Crysis 2 and Metro 2033

I've got the MSI 790FX-GD7 (790 chip set) and I use HWMonitor, it will give all sorts of good temp & fan info.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html