New NF7-S v2 Northbridge cooling

Hi all

The northbridge fan on my NF7-S v2 is on its way out, it makes nasty grinding noises for abotu 10 mins when i startup the PC

im looking to get the fanless blue zalman ZM-NB47J to replace it but im not sure if ill have enough room as i have an SP-97 with 92mm panaflo next door.

Anyone know if it will fit? im not afraid to bend a few pins here and there though im not sure its worth sawing bits off !

heres a pic for you to look at:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/afy_/IMAGE_00107.jpg

all replies appreciated :)

Can you measure the amount of room that you have? and then find the spec's for teh zalman....?

I've got one of the blue Zalman passive ones. As long as you're not pushing your FSB 200+ then it'll be fine :D To remove it there's push pins on the back, nip them together and it pops off.

ive checked out a few pics and it looks like it might just fit with abit of bending of a pin or 2.
i wanna hit about 220 FSB if poss, now that you mention it i did read somewhere that the nf7-s NB can get abit hot, reckon the zalman will be able to handle it?
Can anyone reccomend something that is quieter than the stock crap for similar/better performance?

A zalman is not good enough for anything past 166 fsb... and neither is the stock one imho.

If you had a whole in the mobo tray like me, so you could feel hot hot it gets.. you would belive me :)

Mines currently watercooled but I think swiftek, thermalright,and microcool all make resonable coolers, but slightly expensive...

That's funny, I've been running a Zalman at 200fsb for pretty much the last 12 months on an NF7S and haven't had a single BSOD that could even remotely be linked to the northbridge.

yep.. well.. youd still burn yourself if you touched the back of the nb. Now I think that if it burns you.. then its too hot for a chip...