ABIT IS7 Max II Northbridge Cooler

**Jason**

Anyone seen a fanless northbridge cooler with a mount like my new mobo has?

As seen in this review:

http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cpu_mobo/abit/intel/i865_i875/is7/index.shtml

Check out this pic:

http://www.viperlair.com/images/reviews/cpu_mobo/abit/intel/i865_i875/is7/hsf.jpg

trekrider · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 06:56:28 Post Subject:

Looks like that's gonna be a tuff one to fine. Why do you need a fanless sink? Why not just disable the fan on the current sink?

Hey...why not just drill some new mounting holes?? JK!!

dadx2mj · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:05:38 Post Subject:

If you are going to go fan less why not just get a big Zalman heat sink and use some thermal epoxy to mount it?

**Jason** · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:13:03 Post Subject:

Thats an idea on my list dadx2mj, but I would prefer it to be non-permanent!

And... I want to go fanless because this is now the loudest thing in my case!! At 6000 RPM this little bugger hums along, and sometimes it makes some extra vibration sounds that I apparently never heard with air cooling...

HighSpeedPC has a waterblock mount for this type of chipset, I think, but I prefer passive...

**BeerCheeze** · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:11:52 Post Subject:

What about wiring in a rheostat, and crank down the speed a bit?

Dud3! · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:26:30 Post Subject:

Nah, ditch the one month special (the dinky fan) and grab a big passive HS.

I would personally just make a custom HS and stick it on with thermal adhesive, but check this out:

Overpriced heatsinks

**Jason** · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:47:48 Post Subject:

If I got one to paste on, it would be the Zalman shown at the link above... but from my boys at Jab-Tech... I know and trust them, the description specifies that it comes with thermal paste and thermal adhesive, plus they have a lower price...

Dud3! · Posted: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:28:43 Post Subject:

I always forget them... I knew Frozen CPU had them, so that's where I went. I've never ordered from them (mostly because of the premium prices). :p

**Jason** · Posted: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:49:41 Post Subject:

I found a solution!! Should be pretty cool (pun intended)...

But first, I did some testing... Have a thermal probe on the base of the heatsink as close to the northbridge chip as possible... Temps range from 37-45C with the fan at full speed (7000RPM)... Which doesn't impress me!

After searching several forums and not finding anything really interesting, I went to manufacturers pages, and Soyo was willing to sell me their 865PE cooler, which is a BEAST of a passive cooler!! So, for $5, plus shipping, the cooler from this board is on the way from the Soyo Shop:

http://images10.newegg.com/productimage/13-139-126-04.JPG

Worth a shot!! Bigger than the Zalman cooler I was looking at, and has the appropriate clip.

**BeerCheeze** · Posted: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 19:51:09 Post Subject:

Cool.. and if you need you can always put a low speed fan on it.