Vantec ICEBERQ

ninja fetus · 26-09-2004, 12:05 AM

I got one! Wee!

My southbridge was getting a little too hot for comfort, so I originally was going to use my old northbridge heatsink off on intel MoBo. I went to Fry's to buy some thermal paste to glue that thing on! But, the paste was 8 BUCKS! No way! So right next to it was a Vantec ICEBURQ! $10.

I popped out my motherboard and slapped on my shiny new copper heatsink and fan! I put the northbridge heatsink on beacuse my old one was aluminum, and passive. Easy install! I looked at my southbridge, the box comes with 2 heatsinks, a medium sized and small one. I put the meduim sized one on! It fits nice 'n snug! thermal tape came along with it! with thermal compound too!

The hardest part of the install was taking the paper of the thermal tape! Looks AWESOME! SHINY!!!!!

Well worth the money!

My northbridge has dropped around 5Celsius Idle, and about 10-12Celsuis Load!

I dont know the temps of my southbridge, i just know that now it is a LOT cooler!

ninja fetus · 26-09-2004, 12:54 AM

Oh, and I forgot, The smallest heatsink in the package IS NOT COPPER!!!! IT'S ALUMINUM WITH COPPER COLORING! I don't know about the medium sized one, or the Northbridge HS/Fan. But I will find out soon!

ninja fetus · 26-09-2004, 01:00 AM

Yep, Its Aluminum with copper coloring as well! It's either anodized copper colored, Or its a very thing copper plating!

Anti-Trend · 26-09-2004, 07:31 AM

You're right, NF. As a matter of fact, the whole kit is built that way. But it's very dense aluminum, which is why it's so heavy. So, for the money, it does cool very well. And the fan in the Northbridge cooler is ball bearing, and works very well!

ninja fetus · 26-09-2004, 11:39 PM

Yeah, I love it!

ProcalX · 13-10-2004, 03:01 PM

nice

ninja fetus · 05-12-2004, 08:22 AM

I also recently bought 512mb pc2700 OCZ DDR. I got a Vantec Iceburq DDR Memory Heatspreader too, and it works like a charm, very easy to put together and very heavy

ProcalX · 07-12-2004, 01:48 PM

I personally found that the vantec IceBerQ was rubbish, i brought one for my old 9600XT and it only gave me 36C idle with a system temp of 23C. and it was on properly, however this may have been me.

ninja fetus · 07-12-2004, 11:57 PM

yeah it's not a performing vpu hs/fan by any means but it does the job for a northbridge

Anti-Trend · 08-12-2004, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninja fetus

yeah it's not a performing vpu hs/fan by any means but it does the job for a northbridge

Exactly! You can't use a tiny HSF like that to cool a modern video card. But for a northbridge, it's just what the doctor ordered.

ProcalX · 08-12-2004, 10:23 AM

Woops lol, sorry i forgot that the Vantec ICEBERQ is for northbridge, i thought it was the Artic VGA Cooler i got for my 9600XT

My bad

Anti-Trend · 09-12-2004, 05:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProcalX

Woops lol, sorry i forgot that the Vantec ICEBERQ is for northbridge, i thought it was the Artic VGA Cooler i got for my 9600XT

My bad

No, you're right. It's a video/chipset cooling kit... it just happens to suck for cooling video cards! :p

ProcalX · 09-12-2004, 10:04 AM

Yeh they are rather incredibly poor..

26-09-2004, 12:05 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Vantec ICEBERQ I got one! Wee! My southbridge was getting a little too hot for comfort, so I originally was going to use my old northbridge heatsink off on intel MoBo. I went to Fry's to buy some thermal paste to glue that thing on! But, the paste was 8 BUCKS! No way! So right next to it was a Vantec ICEBURQ! $10. I popped out my motherboard and slapped on my shiny new copper heatsink and fan! I put the northbridge heatsink on beacuse my old one was aluminum, and passive. Easy install! I looked at my southbridge, the box comes with 2 heatsinks, a medium sized and small one. I put the meduim sized one on! It fits nice 'n snug! thermal tape came along with it! with thermal compound too! The hardest part of the install was taking the paper of the thermal tape! Looks AWESOME! SHINY!!!!! Well worth the money! My northbridge has dropped around 5Celsius Idle, and about 10-12Celsuis Load! I dont know the temps of my southbridge, i just know that now it is a LOT cooler!

26-09-2004, 07:31 AM	#4 (permalink) Top
Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek Join Date: Oct 2003 Age: 27 Male Posts: 4,879 Times Helpful: 535 Status: Offline My Computer	You're right, NF. As a matter of fact, the whole kit is built that way. But it's very dense aluminum, which is why it's so heavy. So, for the money, it does cool very well. And the fan in the Northbridge cooler is ball bearing, and works very well! __________________ See My Desktop \| Try Linux \| Install Linux \| Visit My Server \| Support Hardware Forums \| Easily rip DVDs in Linux \| Remember Everything

13-10-2004, 03:01 PM	#6 (permalink) Top
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07-12-2004, 01:48 PM	#8 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	I personally found that the vantec IceBerQ was rubbish, i brought one for my old 9600XT and it only gave me 36C idle with a system temp of 23C. and it was on properly, however this may have been me. __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

08-12-2004, 10:23 AM	#11 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	Woops lol, sorry i forgot that the Vantec ICEBERQ is for northbridge, i thought it was the Artic VGA Cooler i got for my 9600XT My bad __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

26-09-2004, 12:54 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Oh, and I forgot, The smallest heatsink in the package IS NOT COPPER!!!! IT'S ALUMINUM WITH COPPER COLORING! I don't know about the medium sized one, or the Northbridge HS/Fan. But I will find out soon!

26-09-2004, 01:00 AM	#3 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Yep, Its Aluminum with copper coloring as well! It's either anodized copper colored, Or its a very thing copper plating!

26-09-2004, 11:39 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	Yeah, I love it!

05-12-2004, 08:22 AM	#7 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	I also recently bought 512mb pc2700 OCZ DDR. I got a Vantec Iceburq DDR Memory Heatspreader too, and it works like a charm, very easy to put together and very heavy

07-12-2004, 11:57 PM	#9 (permalink) Top
ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta Join Date: Mar 2004 Age: 18 Male Posts: 3,525 Times Helpful: 70 Status: Offline My Computer	yeah it's not a performing vpu hs/fan by any means but it does the job for a northbridge

09-12-2004, 10:04 AM	#13 (permalink) Top
ProcalX Student Bum Join Date: Nov 2003 Age: 22 Male Posts: 1,536 Times Helpful: 30 My Mood: Cheerful Status: Offline My Computer	Yeh they are rather incredibly poor.. __________________ Laptop // Toshiba Satellite A210-11P // AMD Turion 64 X2 1.8Ghz Dual Core // 4GB DDR2 // 200GB Sata HD // Dual Layer DVD-RW // ATI Radeon HD2400XT 256MB // 15.4" HD Crystal Display // Vista Premium Desktop // HP DC7700* // Pentium Dual Core 3.4Ghz // 2GB DDR2 // 2x 160GB Sata2 // 16x DVD-RW // Crucial Ballistix // ATI Radeon X1950GT 512MB // 20" Dell Screen // XP Pro SP2*

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