whats the point of cooling?

kof2000 · 03-17-2005, 12:12 PM

so whats the point of cooling the north and south bridge IF the cpu will shutdown everything if overheated? i just got one and then if not neccessary i will just save it and use it on my later build.

**Praetor** · 03-17-2005, 12:53 PM

Because the mobo will shutdown if the CPU overheats, not if the NB overheats

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kof2000 Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Oahu Age: 26 Posts: 6,273	whats the point of cooling? so whats the point of cooling the north and south bridge IF the cpu will shutdown everything if overheated? i just got one and then if not neccessary i will just save it and use it on my later build. __________________ QX9650@4.2 swiftech \|9600@3.0 9700 nt 780i \| 790fx 8gb ddr1200 \| 8gb ddr1200 2x150gb 3x1tb \|2x250gb 3x8800gtx \|3x2900xt 1gb 2x20xdvdrw \|2x20xdvdrw 15in1 card reader \|15in1 card reader ng15/g9 \|ng15/g9 1200w psu \|1200w psu 2x28" LCD \|2x28" LCD

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