Northbridge, Southbridge, and MOSFET

Daniel Johnson

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Firstly, could someone please show me where the northbridge, southbridge, and MOSFET are on]http://www.hardwareluxx.de/images/stories/newsbilder/aschilling/2014/ASRock-X99-Extreme-11-1.jpg]on this motherboard please[/url]?
Secondly, if there are any other pieces on a motherboard that can be liquid cooled, could someone show me where those are located as well and what they're called? (I know about the CPU though)
Lastly, it is possible to liquid cool all four parts at once, correct?

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Thank you all so much
 
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There is no NB or SB; I don't think Intel has used that architecture in almost a decade. You're looking for the PCH, which is that blue HS with a fan on it (well, it's under that anyway). The Mosfets are under the other HS.
Well you can liquid cool anything, really. Generally though you would only cool something that actually warms up at all, so basically parts that have a heatsink on them. The waterblock replaces the heatsink.
Probably; a "full cover block" is the term used for a water block that does all the cooling in one piece (as opposed to separate water blocks for each component on the board). You will have to search to see if anyone makes one for that specific board but I'm sure they do.
There is no NB or SB; I don't think Intel has used that architecture in almost a decade. You're looking for the PCH, which is that blue HS with a fan on it (well, it's under that anyway). The Mosfets are under the other HS.
Well you can liquid cool anything, really. Generally though you would only cool something that actually warms up at all, so basically parts that have a heatsink on them. The waterblock replaces the heatsink.
Probably; a "full cover block" is the term used for a water block that does all the cooling in one piece (as opposed to separate water blocks for each component on the board). You will have to search to see if anyone makes one for that specific board but I'm sure they do.
 
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So is there nothing on it that warms up very much, or do I just need to cool the part under the fan and CPU?

I don't need to liquid cool the square black chip (beside the second pcie x16 slot) on the far left side, above the larger gold square? I thought that was the NB or SB, but I guess not
 
Well you don't need to water cool any of it. None of it gets very hot. The parts that do warm up have heat sinks on them. Water cooling a motherboard involves removing those heat sinks and replacing them with water blocks. If it doesn't have a heat sink on it to begin with then it either doesn't heat up, or doesn't heat up hardly at all.
 


So the fan is for what then, extra GPU cooling or what?