What is this on my motherboard, maybe i should put cooler on it?

[ATIFanboy]

Whats this under heatsink with name ASUS on it in middle of pic http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00009ZUIO.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg ?

What it do?

Maybe i should put cooler for it?

 

[McArra]

Are you refering to the north bridge???

 

[MichaelZ]

That is known as the Northbridge... it's the bridge for communication between the CPU, memory, AGP and PCI slots...

ok, that conludes our class. Next class for general computing 101 is on Monday at 9AM. Please be prompt.

 

[nick1985]

look at his username...prepare for future flamewars in the video section...

 

[ATIFanboy]

1. I dont flame with no reason.
2. Maybe i should put cooler on my northbridge because it goes hot to?

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: ATIFanboy

2. Maybe i should put cooler on my northbridge because it goes hot to?

NB already has a cooler (heatsink) on it which is very effective unless you're trying some 250MHz++ OCs. You're fine with the stock heatsink.