Epia HSF replacement

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:12 am

Does the Epia V series just use a standard chipset heatsink?

It's got a 40mm fan on it and I think it'll drive me nuts. I'm hoping I can swap it out for a passive cooler and just get a 120mm fan blowing over the whole board.

it's an 800mhz processor, so it shouldnt get THAT hot

teknerd · Post by **teknerd** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:34 am

just use a zalman nb47j northbridge heatsink

Bluefront · Post by **Bluefront** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:03 pm

Well my EPIA is 733mhz. I removed the fan/heatsink and used a Zalman passive. It runs under 40C usually. The only fan in the case is one 80mm PSU fan......I installed a half-ass duct from the fan, so it sucks in air about 1" from the Zalman. Been working ok over two years so far.

pipperoni · Post by **pipperoni** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:08 pm

If you're really adventurous, you can try out this passive mod! I thought this looked really good:
Passive EPIA 1GHz, Zalman 80-HP

But otherwise, just about any northbridge cooler with a heatsink you could use, the Zalman 32s, 47s, or some of the Thermal Right NB heatsinks etc... As long as you have amazing case air flow over it.

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:56 pm

SolarPC sells replacement Via EPIA heatsinks. A bit more expensive than throwing a Zalman NB cooler on it, but this should work much better.

http://205.147.44.194/catalog/product_i ... ucts_id=35

VERiON · Post by **VERiON** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 3:05 am

I have epia V 800.
I've just unscrewed oryginal fan (without removing oryginal heatsink). I have 80mm fan @5V blowing at the heatsink. When underclocked to 400MHz - heatsink is cool to the touch. @800MHz it is hot to the touch, but not burning hot - say 45'C.

I didn't removed oryginal heatsink because it was GLUED to the cpu, and I was to lazy to scrub and lap the cpu after removal.

But I can assure you that blue (tall) or even gold zalman chipset heatsink will be perfectly ok.

Splinter · Post by **Splinter** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:54 am

VERiON wrote:I have epia V 800.
I've just unscrewed oryginal fan (without removing oryginal heatsink). I have 80mm fan @5V blowing at the heatsink. When underclocked to 400MHz - heatsink is cool to the touch. @800MHz it is hot to the touch, but not burning hot - say 45'C.

Thanks