Northbridge chilly and working fine!!!
I got some silver 5 TP and a northbridge cooler, I think its called the Blue Ice or something by coolermaster. The temp has decresed about 11C in the n-bridge! I also put the thermal paste on my GPU and CPU, not much of a dif for the CPU only about 1-2C and the same for the GPU. I was afraid of messing up the system by smearing the paste around but its fine. My comp still freezes though, but the beeping comes from the speakers, I still suspect the X-fi. Should I put thermal paste on the x-fi heatsink???
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Mobo...............Asus P5N-SLI (NF570)
RAM................2 GB Kingston DDR2/667 CL5
GPU................Evga e-GeForce 7900GTO 512MB
CPU................Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 2MB L2
HDD................Hitachi 160 GB IDE
Disk Drive.........Sony DVD+-RW 16x IDE
PSU................BFG 650W (on sale for 80$, 80$off!!)
OS..................Windows XP Home SP2
Sound card......Sound Blaster x-FI xtreme music
Overclocked somewhat w/Arctic cooler freezer 7 pro
other info: saitek eclipse red backlit keyboard
cheap micro innovations wireless optical mouse
logitech x-530 speakers (5.1)
18" viewable KDS CRT monitor (I'll upgrade when it dies)
about 8 80MM fans and I sleeved most of the cables
It would be quiet but I have 1 noisy Vantek that blows like a turbine. A crappy generic case which with cammo paint and holes all over.
Last edited by buhweet; 12-01-2006 at 10:42 AM.
Reason: Should I put thermal paste on the x-fi heatsink??
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