Question 1

Does this product ship with any thermal paste or thermal tape?

Accepted Answer

no it does not, but the residual thermal grease left on your nortbridge chip after removing the factory heatsink should be plenty. mine is mounted on a AsRock z77and has been keeping my server happy for over a year without a hiccup

Question 2

i have just bought one but now i have no idea where it is to be placed on the mother board ?

Accepted Answer

hello kevin, i guess i will need to ask some questions of you first. i have used a couple of these and would probably use more if not for the cost that would add up. my first question is why buy this if you don't know what is for? most buy it to provide better cooling for the main chipset on the motherboard. this usually the large chip below the cpu socket. a motherboard design usually has a heatsink applied to this (but not always). the current heatsink may be applied with spring loaded pushpins through the motherboard,or two metal hoops that use steel spring arms like the picture shows sticking out, or may only be attached with a thermal tape underneath. always apply the paste that comes with this before setting the heatsink. how hot your chipset is determine if you want to use inclued fan. if you need more info , let me know which motherboard you are using so i may further assist you.

Question 3

I have an Epox 9NPA-Ultra Nvidia nForce 4 motherboard socket 939 AMD. Great board and runs like a champ -- except for its infamous Northbridge chipset cooler that has a loud grinding noise. The distance between the push pin holes from outside to outside is approximately 2 1/4 inches.  Will this fit?  Secondly, how do you secure the chipset cooler to the motherboard?  The one I want to replace uses push pins.  Thanks.

Accepted Answer

You can use your push pins to mount this unit onto the motherboard. The holes should line up perfectly; as they did on my motherboard.  Don't forget to put on a good grade heatsink compound like Artic Silver.  If you use your push pins to mount it, the bowspring at the top can be easily removed.
Good Luck!

Question 4

Is this compatible with chipsets for LGA1366?

Accepted Answer

I used mine on the northbridge of a x58 board.
It DID fit, however i needed to trim a few of the fins on the bottom edge to clear a cap that was nearby. it works GREAT (stock temps were nearing 80c. never passes 55c now.

Question 5

anyone know if the holes line up on a GA-990FXA-UD3?

Accepted Answer

I found a long time ago that the holes don't align on many chips ( north bridge, south bridge, etc, but I usually just use conductive epoxy works great stays till the board dies then I buy a new one with a new board, plus I usually mount a fan on top and plug it in to the mb aux fan socket.

Question 6

Do you know if this will fit on an Abit AI7 for the Northbridge chip? Here is the AI7 I got a while back from Newegg

Accepted Answer

From the pics i see from Newegg and Google images it looks like your board has a 3 way tiedown for its cooler.  The SilenX IXN-40C Copper Chipset Cooler is a 2 way tiedown. I dont think this will work for your board.

Question 7

Will this cooler fit on and be compatible with Asrock Fatal1ty 990FX Killer motherboard?

Accepted Answer

This Silenx is not directly compatible with any motherboard. I have it on an MSI and had to remove the heat sink from the Northbridge and use epoxy conductive paste to install and it worked. I wanted to use it on another MB but the factory must have used epoxy paste to install it, could not remove heat sink and could not use. I did use the fan for this silenx on the factory heatsink. Going to have to work at it to make it fit on most MB, but usable with epoxy heat sink paste, most of the time if you can remove the factory heat sink. Works Great. The fan works great on the ones you can't remove.

Question 8

Will this fit the Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 northbridge?

Accepted Answer

I do not know... I bought this to cool the northbridge on my Asus X58 Sabertooth. so far it has done ok

Question 9

Will this fit the Abit AI7 motherboard northbridge chipset that I bought from Newegg a while back?

Accepted Answer

I bought this chipset cooler for overhauling old Gigabyte and MSI AMD939 socket motherboards with NVidia chipsets.  The original heatsinks were inadequate, especially when the noisy high-speed fans failed (usually after 2-3 years). This his a high-quality chunk of copper for a heatsink and works well.  I am used to adapting heatsinks and fans for northbridge chipsets; for this one the holes line up (a plus) and you can easily add a fan (though not likely needed).  The size of the heatsink may/will interfere with full-length video cards.  Hope that helps.

Question 10

anyone know if this fits an asus sabertooth z77? my nb is fan is making a whining noise now and i need a replacement

Accepted Answer

The question isn't very clear.
These fans will work off any PMW (4 pin) fan connector.
But these fans are NOT the right size for a northbridge they're 140mm, which is quite large.

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