"Driekes" said:
I've got this board for three weeks now and the small chipset fan is
starting to make a lott of noise. So I'm thinking of buying the Zalman
NB47J to cool it passive. Is this a good solution? Does anyone has any
experience with it?
Have you tried getting a replacement heatsink/fan from Asus
tech support ? They are providing replacements for some of
these (A8N-SLI?). Your board looks to be using the same
cooling solution as the A8N-SLI.
If I had to choose a third party solution, I'd try the NB32J,
because if a fan is needed with the heatsink, it might be
easier to add to the top of the NB32J, than adding a fan to
the NB47J. The big unknown, is how much heat that chipset
puts out, and a passive cooler is only going to be adequate
up to a certain power level. Using a heatsink that you can
add a fan to later, gives you some options. For example, I
worked on a board with an 865GE Northbridge, and the chassis
for that project did not allow any airflow over the Northbridge
heatsink. Adding a fan to the heatsink caused a huge drop in
temperature (heatsink was hitting 75C until I added a fan).
So, there will be situations where a fan can help, especially
if there is no other source of airflow nearby.
Paul
