They are quiet I guess, but STILL A FAN... And they may be to big to keep the Zalman ZM-NB47J fanless chipset cooler in place, so that would mean going back to the stock 8500 RPM fan, and I dont want to do that.
Water cooled or the Zalman VF700-Cu GPU cooler may be the best options for now.
Hey Century,
Water cooling is something I have been seriously considering. My only problem with it is that I take my computer over to a friends house a lot for LAN parties. And if I had to drag another peice of equipment and hook it up everytime I am afraid it will be a hassle.
So still...
wow Pretty nice rig you have going there. I hope you get it to work.
Does it post correctly?
When you say it powers off does it make a sound? Like a "click" when you normally shut it off, does the PSU make a sound?
Do you have both of the GPU's 6 pin connectors plugged in? And the...
Here are my updated temps:
Northbridge Chip:
With stock 8500 RPM Fan
33 c/91.7f Idle with case closed
43.2c / 109.7f under gaming load with case closed
Zalman ZM-NB47J w/ Case Closed (Only PSU FANS ON)
48.1c/118.5 Idle with case closed
53.c / 127.4f Under load with case closed...
Yep, the temps did look a bit high to me too, but I think it is bad air flow through the case. When the case is open the heatsync stays MUCH cooler. So I am considering a case mod to place a quiet fan over the chipset cooler and replace the GPU fans with fanless coolers (if I can find any...
It seems that there is a consensus that the Zalman ZM-NB47J fanless chipset cooler is sufficient for replacing the noisy 8500 RPM chipset fan. So I went that route with the chipset, and everything is running stable. (Although be aware that you may need to have good air movement through your...
I also have the Zalman ZM-NB47J installed with two GPU's. So far zero stability problems. But as everyone is pointing out it does get hot. I took some un-scientific readings with a heat probe that I got at Fry's electronics. I picked a spot on the base of the heat sync between the heat sync fins...
I also have the Zalman ZM-NB47J installed with two GPU's. So far zero stability problems. But as everyone is pointing out it does get hot. I took some un-scientific readings with a heat probe that I got at Fry's electronics. I picked a spot on the base of the heat sync between the heat sync...
This is a bit off topic of North Bridge Chip cooling, but does anyone have a good quiet solution for two NVidia 6600GT video cards in the SLI mode?
I was considering two Zalman ZM17-CU VGA coolers:
LINK
I am wondering if these will work with my two ASUS 6600GT's. I plan on doing some...
I am picking up one of the ZALMAN NorthBridge Chipset Cooler, Model "ZM-NB47J" -RETAIL for $5.49 at New Egg.
I hope this thread stays alive I would like to know how this works out. I will post my experiences once I get it up and running.
I am all over the Zalman CPU fan, have that one. I do need a new power supply, I have this one:
Vantec 520 watt
But it is ridiculously loud...BUT IT STILL NOT THE LOUDEST THING IN THE CASE.
The two VGA card fans and the Chipset fan are so loud!!!! I am thinking about doing this...
Some Final thoughts on my install problems.
I have seen other posts where the A:Floppy drive is listed as B: This problem was caused, I think, because I had my HDD's plugged into the red SATA RAID controller slots instead of into the black SATA slots. Not sure why that would make a...
bummer,
I was just looking through the Registry, and found this:
C:Windows\system32\nvraidservice.exe
I was debating whether this was a utilty program, or if this actually installed the raid each time on start up?
EDIT: I made a back up of this and tried to delete it from the...
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