A7N8X Northbridge cooling?

[dgk]

I read that one difference between the Abit NF7-S and the Asus A7N8X
Deluxe is that the Abit has a fan on the northbridge and the Asus just
as a passive cooler. Is this something that someone buying the Asus
should be concerned with?

 

[Sven]

I read that one difference between the Abit NF7-S and the Asus A7N8X

Deluxe is that the Abit has a fan on the northbridge and the Asus just
as a passive cooler. Is this something that someone buying the Asus
should be concerned with?

No.
I have tried to install a fan on the NB of my ASUS A7N8X DeLuxe, and it did
nothing but extra noise. No more overclocking with or without fan.
Just enjoy the silence from a passive cooler )

 

[Ed]

No.
I have tried to install a fan on the NB of my ASUS A7N8X DeLuxe, and it did
nothing but extra noise. No more overclocking with or without fan.
Just enjoy the silence from a passive cooler )

Agree, as long as there is a decent airflow in the case you shouldn't
need to mess with it, mine doesn't get very warm at all, probably
because the Aeroflow HS/fan blows air over it too. ;p

Ed

 

[Ed]

I installed a microcool northpole and removed the passive cooler. I did this
mostly for appearance though, as I really thought the big silver hunk of
metal looked like crap with my window.

I don't do windows. ;p

 

[BigFNDeal]

I installed a microcool northpole and removed the passive cooler. I did this
mostly for appearance though, as I really thought the big silver hunk of
metal looked like crap with my window.

 

[Kyle Brant]

In terms of "1 less mechanical item that could fail", I prefer the
passive HS versus a HSF. My NB HS barely gets warm.

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| I read that one difference between the Abit NF7-S and the Asus A7N8X
| Deluxe is that the Abit has a fan on the northbridge and the Asus
just
| as a passive cooler. Is this something that someone buying the Asus
| should be concerned with?

 

[Robert Hancock]

In my opinion, a passive cooler is much better. The fans they use are always
really cheap and tend to fail quickly, and any hardcore overclocker is going
to replace the cheesy fan unit they provide with a better one anyway..

 

[dgk]

In my opinion, a passive cooler is much better. The fans they use are always
really cheap and tend to fail quickly, and any hardcore overclocker is going
to replace the cheesy fan unit they provide with a better one anyway..

Good points. Thanks. But apparently passive is fine unless you really
up the voltage and push it. I'll OC the thing but not to the point of
bumping up the voltage.