Best Northbridge Fan that will fit my case + memory cooling

[matador_de_sa]

What is the best northbridge cooling solution that is under 20$ for my setup. I have a gigabyte ds3 and a tuniq tower 120, so as you can see in this picture not very many heat sinks will fit. I'm gonna try and overclock it to ~500 fsb. However, I don't always want it running that fast and hot, so I won't have it running that fast all the time, and when it's running slow I want my comp to be silent. So I need a heat sink that can cool moderately well without a fan, and a lot better with a fan (I have no problem using twine/rubber bands to attach my own fan). I was thinking possibly this heat sink, but it's a little expensive.

Also, my memory is running really hot and I'm wondering if there's a easy cooling solution for that. They already have a stock heat sink (they're g.skill).

 

[apt403]

The HR-05 is one of the best NB coolers around ATM, it'll serve you well.

There are deticated ram coolers, but most people just put a couple 120mm fans on top of the sticks, then attach them with rubber bands, cable ties, ect.

What kind of C2D do you have? A 500mhz FSB is a massive oc for anything over an E6300. Even for an E6400 (4ghz after the oc) you would need water cooling for the thing to be stable.

 

[aoe]

I agree that the Thermalright HR-05 is just about the best available at this time. However, I don't think you will be able to squeeze it in that small space.

Take a look at the Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II. It's quite a bit smaller, and the fins are offset from the base, so it should fit.

 

[chuckshissle]

Yeah. HR05 and HR05 SLI are the best north bridge coolers but are the very huge. It might not fit in between the graphics card and cpu cooler. I tried it with my set up and it did not work, instead I have a low-rpm 80mm fan directs cool air to the n/b to keep it's cool.

 

[matador_de_sa]

Yea, I know that a 500 mhz overclock is really high, but that's just my most upper limit.