Nexus NHP-2200 Northbridge Cooler
Conclusion
Published: 19th April 2007 | Source: www.stopthenoise.com | Price: |
If Nexus' aim was too make a passive, silent heatsink that needed no direct airflow then they haven't quite made the grade. Coupling the NHP-2200 with a toasty Nvidia 650i chipset gave some extremely worrying temperature results in the 70°c range. However, add a small fan to the NHP-2200 and the outcome is quite different.
The design and quality of the heatsink is simply amazing and a credit to Nexus - it's just a shame they didn't provide a graceful way of attaching a fan without the need for elastic bands or other "home-baked" solutions.
I was unable to obtain a UK price from my online searches, but I found it on sale for $19.95 over at cooltechpc, and for €18.95 from SilentPC. This translates to about £10, making it a good buy if you are replacing the heatsink on a lower end chipset.
Pros
• Looks fantastic
• Quality built
• Actively cooled it performs brilliantly
•Wide range of mounting options
Cons
• Not enough too cool my test bed passively
Thanks to Nexus for providing the NHP-2200 for review.
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See how Nexus' passive cooler fairs up in the OC3D labs here
It just looks beautiful, shame it doesn't cool very well passively.
Also it's smaller than I thought it was gonna be when I saw the initial pics.
Also it's smaller than I thought it was gonna be when I saw the initial pics.
Nice pics ham, u using that tripod then?
Nice little review Ham. It's certainly a beautiful looking heatsink. What ambient temps was the review conducted under btw?
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Nice pics ham, u using that tripod then?
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Nice little review Ham. It's certainly a beautiful looking heatsink. What ambient temps was the review conducted under btw?
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Soz mate you did too, it was the idle that threw me. I thought that was referring to the chipset ROFL, which on a 650i it wouldn't be.
Idle temperature was recorded at 26°C throughout the tests.
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