Zalman ZM17-Cu as a northbridge?

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:23 pm

i've been thinking of this for awhile anybody tried it?

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:41 pm

You mean with the fins bent upwards? No reason it shouldn't work.

I don't think anyone tried it yet. But one person did put a CNPS6000 on a nortbridge, in a desktop case, and someone had bent the fins of a ZM17 apart for a geforce 4.

Do you know a place that still sells ZM-17's?

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:26 am

i have a dfi nf4 ultra d and im not sure if it will fit

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:37 pm

It should be able to fit, those thin fins are bendable. Assuming you have a video card in the way, you'll probably have to bend one side ~30 degrees up, and the other side ~150 degrees up and to the other side.

Can you actually find one though? Or do you have one left over?

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:36 pm

post your findings if it works, im also interested in trying something like this my ECS Kn1 gets too hot with just the zalman NB 45

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:37 pm

i dont have any thermal glue stuff at the moment, so when i do i'll post the findings.

i have a spare 6000 alcu sitting around could even try that wen i get the glue stuff

Vulcan · Post by **Vulcan** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:25 am

miTchy wrote:i dont have any thermal glue stuff at the moment, so when i do i'll post the findings.

i have a spare 6000 alcu sitting around could even try that wen i get the glue stuff

Bad idea to use thermal adhesive. If you use that you will never be able to get the sink off.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:56 am

You could dilute thermal adhesive with equivalent type regular thermal compound, in something like a 1:1:1 ratio (not 1:1:2, that would be very weak).

miTchy · Post by **miTchy** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:33 pm

Vulcan wrote:
miTchy wrote:i dont have any thermal glue stuff at the moment, so when i do i'll post the findings.

i have a spare 6000 alcu sitting around could even try that wen i get the glue stuff
Bad idea to use thermal adhesive. If you use that you will never be able to get the sink off.

what should i use then

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:23 pm

try using standard thermal compound (put your pc sideways) to test and if it works use the glue, but if you know it will work why not just use the glue in the 1st place?

so can someone confirm you can bend these fins without breaking them

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:43 pm

Thunder wrote:so can someone confirm you can bend these fins without breaking them

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