NB SB cooling help...

I am currently running a Gigabyte 965-S3 and my E6300 is overclocked to 2.8Ghz... Both North/South bridge HS are passive (and they get hot)... Would taking them off and replacing the paste with Arctic Silver 5 help? Or is that just dumb? I also have a couple of little fans I could install, but I'd rather not have the added clutter. Better yet... has anyone here had any luck using a good aftermarket NB and/or SB cooling solution? Thanks!

A reply from the master, thank you. As my previous post hints... fans are looking like a mighty fine option! Would it be worth it at all to put AS-5 on them as well, or just the fans? .... I wanted to ask you, if you can find the time, I followed your guide as best as I could, easily got to 2.8ghz, but my question is what Mhz should my DDR2 be running at while the cpu is at 2.8ghz? (It's Geil ddr2-800 @ 4-4-4-12) At that overclock they are only running what they are ment to 400mhz?? Thanks soo much!

Accidently... well then, I'm a lucky dog! I guess since I already own a couple tubes of AS-5, I'll go ahead and replace the "stock" paste with it. I hope you don't reach across and slap me for asking this, but is Carb cleaner an acceptable non-polar solvent? I've used it before... oops. I'll be digging into your guide again tonight when I'm off... tired of working... must... win... lottery!!! I really appreciate your master advice thanks for taking the time to help out the little guys!! (If I win the lotto, you're getting guidance fees!! $$) THGC rocks!!

(damn, i sound like a kiss-ass... i'm just very appreciative)

Is that like mitosis? Will we then have Wusy1 and Wusy2?

Wusy 2 Duo? And later on, will we have Wusysfield or 4xWusy4?

Wusy, just think of all the things you can do once your clones are trained...

lol more wussy to help all the newbs!!! yay!!!

No I suspect about the time wusy's head explodes, it will be roughly the same time a certain individual (thing, creature??) gets hungry in the basement.

Truth about the carb cleaner....I don't know. 8) What I do know is that some chemical cleaners can leave behind a residue that may cause problems. Is carb cleaner one of them....I don't know.

What I do know, 90% (or better) rubbing alcohol works just fine, is cheap and can be easily obtained which is why I never bothered to see if carb cleaner works.

I catch your point... and it's a good one I might add! I'm gonna have fun tonight working on my mobo, alcohol in one had and a margarita w/a shot of carb cleaner in the other!

Hmmm, well I'm just some geek off the street so I'm not familiar with HPLC grade methyl-ethyl ketone or wusy's 95% me/ethanol paint-stripper concoction but thanks for the info. Are these items you can get easily?

Although, honestly I'll probably just stick with the 90% (or better) isopropyl alcoho but it's nice to have alternatives that you know will work. I've never had a problem with it and it's easy to get just about anywhere.

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do i remove the chipset heatsink or just place this heat sink on top

thanks for the info! damn here goes another teardown.

I am more likely to try to correct someone's spelling than his grammar. Oh well...

If the room the computer is in is warm then the cooling system can only do so much, especially if it is air cooling. If that's the stock cooler, and the room is warm like you say it is, then those temps are probably are more likely due to the temperature of the room and not improper use of a thermal paste. Unfortunately most people make the mistake of not indicating a room's temperature when they indicate what temps their system is running. A computer running in a room at a cool 72 degrees is going to run cooler than an identical system running in a room at 82 degrees.

The AS5 instructions say a "very thin line". I read this as not a "bead" as thick as a grain of rice which is what some people may interpret it as. I haven't build a C2D system yet so I haven't exprimented on how thick the line of AS5 should be. I would guesstimate maybe a line similiar in width as the AS5 images show by about a 1/4 of the height of a grain of rice. You could propbably accomplish this by applying a small dab at a time and use the AS5 tube end to "draw" your line with each dab. Just try to keep the thickness consistent.

Also keep in mind that there is some sort of thermal paste underneath the heatspreader directly on the core too so this doen't need to be done with space shuttle tolerances.