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Motherboard Heat Sink FAQ

Comment:

does the heat sink needed to keep the cpu cool use one of the same power sockets a convential case fan socket, i need to know becuase the mobo can support 3 fans but is one of these for the heat sink? i know this might vary from mobo to mobo any help? i need to know so i can buy x amount of fans Chris

Name: johnoh
Date: June 23, 2003 at 05:38:28 Pacific

Reply:

yes it does. Fans with connectors for eith a mobo 3-pin power plug or a power supply 4-pin power plug give you the choice of where to plug it in. http://www.bestbyte.net/Product.cfm?ProductID=1343&CategoryID=8&Keyword=

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Name: Tbird4point6LX97
Date: June 23, 2003 at 11:25:13 Pacific

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good idea to plug it in on the board at "cpu fan"...so when you're looking at rpm's for your cpu, it will be reported correctly as such

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