I have a MSI K8NGM2-FID MB in a Siverstone SG01 case, stock AMD 3500+
cooler. I was running 64 degrees C on my NB chipset and the system and cpu
were in the high 30s.
I was very concerned with the NB temp and decided to replace it with a
Zalman NB47J.
I put the original NB fanless heatsink on the southbridge.
I had to take the MB from the case and doing so cleaned up all the fans, cpu
heatsink, and power supply.
I then replaced all the thermal grease with arctic silver. The machine had
been in use for over a year.
The result is that I reduced all temps.
The Zalman reduced NB temp 15 to 20 degrees to ~35 degrees and the cpu and
system temps are in the low 30s.
These temps are not scientific just observation.
I thought I'd pass this along.
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