Chipset cooling?

[Krum]

Hi y'all, I'm about to drop a Barton 2500 in my A7N8X deluxe mobo. (The old kind you can overclock) Since I'm gonna clock this sucker as high as I can I was wondering if I ought to put a heatsink/fan on the northbridge (Nvidia) chipset. If so, what's a good chip fan/sink combo to use? Anybody tried this yet?

[Dax_Brandy]

Crystal Orb

this small fan is applicable for geforce4 video cards and chipsets.
this one may work for your overclocking needs... but make sure also the kind of mechanism your stock chipset heatsink/fan of the board is using. crystal orb uses a push-in pins. so the board needs to have those holes for the push-in pins

[rourkchris]

The Vantec Copper Iceberg fits perfectly and cooled the Northbridge of my ASUS A7N8X Deluxe much better than the stock heatsink. It only costs around $10.00 and is quiet yet effective.

[StealthyV]

also be careful about the actual measurements of the fan. I bought an Orb-like fan/hs from Thermaltake, and the capacitors on my motherboard interfered with the proper placement of the heatsink/fan combo. (ie, couldn't seat right)
make sure it's really a 40mm fan, not a 50mm fan.

also, a fan with ball bearings (IMO) lasts longer than one with sleeve bearings.

DEFINATELY use a chipset hs/fan combo, imho.

~Branson