no the northbridge heatsink fan is completely unneccessary and just a noise
maker. if you look at all the boards actually made by intel none of them
include a fan on the northbridge.

"Levi Kudrna" wrote in message
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I know that a heatsink is needed on the northbridge, but is it really
neccessary to have a fan on it also? I've seen many motherboards with and
without a fan on the northbridge heatsink.

LK