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Kratt
January 28th, 2007, 22:13
How do you cool your motherboard chipset and RAM? My case doesn't have anywhere to mount a fan to blow over the chipset and RAM, and the RAM coolers that people sell have been shown to not do anything other than look shiny and make lots of noise if they have a small fan on it

Are there any products that can position a standard size fan over the DIMMs?
Decker
January 28th, 2007, 22:57
Please enclose the specs of your computer/laptop casing !?!

Need way more than that, if your worried about the cooling you can get cases with cooling solutions as cheap as the cooling addons.
Kratt
January 29th, 2007, 01:00
case Antec P150 - 2x 92mm front fans + 1x 120mm rear fan
NeoHe 430w
asus p5b deluxe
E6300
2x 1G Corsair value select


@430FSB, CPU is running a happy 52-62C under load with the retail fan

the motherboard is registering 45C and the monitoring programs flashing red
the RAM feels hot to touch as well. this is even if I'm not loading the system too heavily, just playing some old games
it continues to edge up towards 50C and takes a long time to cool down if I stop all processes


the motherboard comes with a Northbridge fan but it says not to use it if the CPU is running with a fan as well
heymrdj
January 29th, 2007, 18:20
I think you need to swap the flow of the system. Your probably running a positive air flow and you need to make a negative air flow. Make the 2 92's blow out and the 120 pull in. That sure cause a negative flow, a vacuum, and allow more air to be pulled through. You can also apply heatsinks and fans to components to help them. Items like these: http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=572&name=Memory-Chipset-Cooling
If you use the stuff, don't forget heatsink paste to attach them with.
Kratt
January 31st, 2007, 01:17
wouldn't that interfere with the cpu fan?
Decker
January 31st, 2007, 05:35
If they fall onto it ;)
heymrdj
January 31st, 2007, 07:47
wouldn't that interfere with the cpu fan?

No, the negative airflow will draw air through the cpu cooler.

EDIT: I didn't explain why. The positive air flow creates dead spaces in the air flow around any encroachments in the system, like the cpu cooler, and allows overheating to occur on cpu's, hand drives, RAM modules, and other vital pieces. A negative air flow however creates a vacuum, causing the continuous pull of fresh air through the system.
squah
January 31st, 2007, 13:07
my CPU is coolled by Cooller :)
motherboard - some radiators