"John Peel" wrote in message
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Hi all,

i am hoping to take the first steps to building my own intel based pc
soo. I am going to purchase the above mobo and want also to get a Zalman
Nb47J Northbridge cooler.

I visited Zalamsn website and read the installation guide. The guide
says that the mobo must have mounting holes by the northbride in order
to fit the cooler.

I am very new to all this so i was hoping that someone could tell me if
the P4C800-e has the neccesary mounting holes (2 nr.)

Many thanks

Looking at this picture, you can see that the motherboard comes with a
heatsink
for the chipset that is installed by springs. So, there are no holes.
http://www.motherboards.org/articles...ws/1251_1.html
But, why do you want to remove the original heatsink and put another one in
its place? I wonder if that would void the warranty. I am not sure if it
would
increase the overclock capability either.