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06-20-2007, 01:12 PM
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| What happens to the Northbridge when you run 4 sticks of RAM? I've heard when you run 4 sticks of RAM that the Northbridge works harder and heats up more. How much harder does it work? All the time? Or only when your playing memory intensive games? How much hotter does it get? Will the normal case air flow cool it? Will the overhang from my Zalman CNPS7000 on the CPU cool it? I would think that the downflow from the Zalman has got to send air through the Northbridge heatsink cooling fins.  __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe Intel P4 3.2 Extreme Edition @ 3.47 / Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu / Arctic Silver Ceramique 4x1024 OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Ch High Performance Platinum Edition ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800 XT / Samsung Syncmaster 215TW 21" Wide Screen LCD Two Western Digital RE2 500 Gb YS Raid Edition SATA hdd's Two Western Digital 250 Gb Raid Edition hdd's Two Western Digital My Book 500 Gb external USB2/Firewire hard drives LiteOn 165H6S DVD Super AllWriter / LiteOn 166s 16x DVD-Rom Onboard LAN Antec SX1240 full tower Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs Platinum / CambridgeSoundworks 5.1 DTT 3500 Digital Speakers Logitech G5 Laser Mouse Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Razer eXactMat + eXactRest win2000 |
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06-20-2007, 01:45 PM
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| Since the bus load doubles, it takes more power to transmit over the bus. So over time, average power usage goes up. The chipset's designed for that, though, so whether there's two or four sticks in use doesn't really matter as far as wear and tear goes. It's all calculated to last, that goes for the cooling solution too. With normal case airflow, there shouldn't be any need to worry.
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06-20-2007, 01:52 PM
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| If it was my system, and based on my P4C800 series boards, I would at a minimum put a fan directly on the NB sink. And, definitely do so if you are OCing. In the past, I used a small drop of silicone adhesive and glued a 40mm fan on the sink.
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06-21-2007, 09:06 PM
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| Here is a diagram of the air flow - http://www.zalman.co.kr/usa/product/...?idx=277&code= Look about halfway down the page and also look at item #6 below. So what do you think? __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe Intel P4 3.2 Extreme Edition @ 3.47 / Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu / Arctic Silver Ceramique 4x1024 OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Ch High Performance Platinum Edition ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800 XT / Samsung Syncmaster 215TW 21" Wide Screen LCD Two Western Digital RE2 500 Gb YS Raid Edition SATA hdd's Two Western Digital 250 Gb Raid Edition hdd's Two Western Digital My Book 500 Gb external USB2/Firewire hard drives LiteOn 165H6S DVD Super AllWriter / LiteOn 166s 16x DVD-Rom Onboard LAN Antec SX1240 full tower Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs Platinum / CambridgeSoundworks 5.1 DTT 3500 Digital Speakers Logitech G5 Laser Mouse Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Razer eXactMat + eXactRest win2000 |
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06-21-2007, 10:01 PM
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| Unless you have a virtual wind tunnel, I would suggest a dedicated fan on the NB or an aftermarket cooler. With 4 DIMMs and esp when OCing 4 DIMMs they get VERY hot.
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06-21-2007, 10:07 PM
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 I love those marketing diagrams. They should color the arrows red to make it more realistic tho, red as in hot air.
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06-21-2007, 10:54 PM
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| Those arrows aren't air flow.They are the straps to tie the fan and heat sink down to the board lol. 
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06-22-2007, 12:47 AM
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06-22-2007, 12:49 AM
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And with the silicone the fan was still removable and replaceable if it fails and needs to be replaced? Any other way to attach it? __________________ Asus P4P800 Deluxe Intel P4 3.2 Extreme Edition @ 3.50 / Zalman CNPS7000-AlCu / Arctic Silver Ceramique 4x1024 OCZ PC3200 EL Dual Ch High Performance Platinum Edition ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon X800 XT / Samsung Syncmaster 215TW 21" Wide Screen LCD Two Western Digital RE2 500 Gb YS Raid Edition SATA hdd's Two Western Digital 250 Gb Raid Edition hdd's Two Western Digital My Book 500 Gb external USB2/Firewire hard drives LiteOn 165H6S DVD Super AllWriter / LiteOn 166s 16x DVD-Rom Onboard LAN Antec SX1240 full tower Soundblaster Audigy 2 zs Platinum / CambridgeSoundworks 5.1 DTT 3500 Digital Speakers Logitech G5 Laser Mouse Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Razer eXactMat + eXactRest win2000 | |
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