Cooling NB, SB, etc for the Non Over-Clocker.....

[bpatters55]

Is it necessary to cool the SB and NB chips if I do not plan to overclock? I am going to build a system with the following:

ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP LGA 775 Intel 975X
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz
Thermaltake Tsunami Case
etc.

Thanks, Bill

 

[Syntonic]

No, you shouldn't need to provide additional cooling if you aren't going to overclock. Otherwise, the company would probably be sued or something for creating a known faulty product that they were trying to pawn off to consumers. I don't know much about the P5W though.

 

[g-paw]

Just make sure you get the Retail version of the CPU. The OEM does not come with a HSF

 

[bpatters55]

No, you shouldn't need to provide additional cooling if you aren't going to overclock. Otherwise, the company would probably be sued or something for creating a known faulty product that they were trying to pawn off to consumers. I don't know much about the P5W though.

Good point....

Motherboard manufacturers would never create products which were half backed and not ready for sale...... sure. Never, ever happens.... :lol:

Here is the mobo:

Asus P5W