K9A2 CF Chipset and Mosfet cooling

Decided to start my own thread to track my attempt to improve the chipset and mosfet cooling on my MB.
Can't post pics here, so see XS thread @ http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172579
Summary:
1: will use Microcool Mosfet Heatsinks on the mosfets (close to rear exhaust 120mm fan)
2: replace NB (MSI) heatsink with Zalman NB47 (big blue) (80mm fan blowing over it)
3: replace SB (MSI) heatsink with Zalman NB32 (small gold) (bottom mounted radiator with 2x120mm fans blows up onto it).
PS - I was amazed at how small the 790X and SB600 chips are (under big but flimsy heatsinks) and the contact (thermal pads) were not that good.
Did also consider using my (old) Polarflo TT Chipset waterblock on NB (which will fit with a bit of modding as it is so close to PCIe slot) but then tubing between CPU-NB-GPU would be really tight.
Any ideas would be most welcome as I am building it up this week/weekend.

Attached to plasic? Won't do much good.
Don't you understand that if manufacturers wanted cooling that they would supply it with a heat-conducting surface.....
Mostfets, Rams etc....they don't have such....so sticking a heatsink to it does nothing.
Plastic, Ceramic etc are heat isolating materials....and you try to cool that?

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The CPU NR: HDZ955FBGIBOX info Link http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=532
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Originally posted by Streifenkarl
Woah... nice! Are there any "mosfet cooler kits" to buy? And to you put those heatsink onto them or between them? The layout of my board is different from the 925 chipset boards, but some heatsinks should fit i guess.
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Quote from: kipy1010 on 07-July-09, 20:41:00
hi PClark99 i have the same mother as you, and want to ask you,
if is really necesary change or add an extra cooling for the Mosfet or is just in case of extreme oc?
Which will be a proper temperature for 24/7?
Thanks so much!
I am not sure if its really necessary. Every other i7 matx board has some sort of cooling on them. I just thought it would be good to see if there was something out there easy to install.
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pcburner68 wrote:
I bought a dv7-4295us model #XZ045UA in April of 2011 and it came with the faulty chipset. I returned in October of 2011 for repair and now I have to send it back again because "HP's Fix" wasn't a permanent fix. So what I would like to know is what HP is going to do about it if this fix isn't a lifetime solution. I believe since there is a problem with the chipset and HP and Intel are fully aware of this I think that HP should at the very minimum include an additional one year warranty to protect the consumer against this faulty chipset. That would speak volumes to me as a consumer they have already accepted there was a problem with the hardware now in order to maintain consumer confidence in their product they should offer the additional warranty at no charge to the original owner of the problematic laptop. They say a 17" laptop is supposed to be a desktop replacement if it keeps burning up then how can that be possible?
HP offers a 90-Day repair warranty which covers any issue related to what it's been repaired for. If you're not comfortable with that I would suggest you purchase an extended warranty to ensure that you have coverage for an additional year or longer.
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