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msa05

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Hello, my friend just built this system:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86 GHz

VIDEO CARD: GeForce 7600GT

CASE: Enermax Phoenix Black

POWER SUPPLY: Enermax NoiseTaker II EG-495P-VE V2.2 SFMA 485 Watt ATX Power Supply

MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5N32-E SLI Socket 775

RAM: OCZ DDR2 PC2-5400 667MHz Gold Extreme XTC 1GB (2x512MB)

HD: Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer

OPTICAL DRIVE: LG GSA-H22L

I've heard people say that the Asus P5N32-E SLI causes a lot of heat in the northbridge. Now, I'm not an overclocker and I'm really not thinking of overclocking in the future, so I was wondering if I still need to buy a seperate fan for the northbridge even though I do not overclock.

Thanks
 
Only if you're overclocking. The passive cooling works well enough. If you can, point a case fan at the northbridge. Works well on cases that have a side intake fan. Otherwise you won't really need NB cooling unless you're really going for it with FSB speeds.
 
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