Very stupid mobo question: memory controller hub, Fan?

I'm thinking of buying a mobo with an intel 865g memory controller hub.
Am I supposed to put a fan on top of this thing? It looks like heatsink.
As you can tell, I've never purchased/installed a mobo before.
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 04:48:59 GMT, Machine Messiah
wrote:

I'm thinking of buying a mobo with an intel 865g memory controller hub.
Am I supposed to put a fan on top of this thing? It looks like heatsink.
As you can tell, I've never purchased/installed a mobo before.

The motherboard's northbridge, (865) comes with a heatsink on it. An
online search should find plenty of pictures of that motherboard, on which
the heatsink is clearly seen. You need do nothing more to it than leave
the heatsink as-is.

I'm assuming you are only referring to the motherboard. If your question
is about the CPU, then yes, the CPU needs a heatsink with fan except for
special OEM systems that may have a different way of moving air though the
heatsink rather than a fan directly on top of it.

Have you been reading the Intel architectural documents again?!

I can only guess that you're referring to the Intel documentation that
speaks about the MCH (Memory Controller Hub), which is nothing you have to
be concerned about, it's simply an architectural element of the motherboard
design (Northbridge to be precise). It's not something you *do* something
to, anymore than you *do* something to the IDE controllers, for example.
It's just there.

You're a little do far down in the trees, at least for the initial phase of
motherboard research, you need take a few steps *back* and consider your
options wrt CPU (Intel vs. AMD), chipset (Intel, VIA, Sis, NForce2), memory
(PC2700, PC3200), Parallel vs. Serial ATA drives, sound, video, etc. These
represent the *choices* you'll be making. If you go w/ say an Intel 865
motherboard, well..., then you'll inherit the Intel 865 architecture, which
includes that wonderful MCH. But again, it's just an architectural element,
you don't anything to it!

HTH

Jim


"Machine Messiah" wrote in message
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I'm thinking of buying a mobo with an intel 865g memory controller hub.
Am I supposed to put a fan on top of this thing? It looks like heatsink.
As you can tell, I've never purchased/installed a mobo before.
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In article ds4ec.5854$HN3.4201@fed1read07, says...
Have you been reading the Intel architectural documents again?!

I can only guess that you're referring to the Intel documentation that
speaks about the MCH (Memory Controller Hub), which is nothing you have to
be concerned about, it's simply an architectural element of the motherboard
design (Northbridge to be precise). It's not something you *do* something
to, anymore than you *do* something to the IDE controllers, for example.
It's just there.

You're a little do far down in the trees, at least for the initial phase of
motherboard research, you need take a few steps *back* and consider your
options wrt CPU (Intel vs. AMD), chipset (Intel, VIA, Sis, NForce2), memory
(PC2700, PC3200), Parallel vs. Serial ATA drives, sound, video, etc. These
represent the *choices* you'll be making. If you go w/ say an Intel 865
motherboard, well..., then you'll inherit the Intel 865 architecture, which
includes that wonderful MCH. But again, it's just an architectural element,
you don't anything to it!


Snip,

It's an Abit IS-10 mobo w/chipset Intel 865G + ICH5. I was looking at the
mobo pic at Newegg and in the manual and was just wondering what the heck
that thing was. I've been mobo shopping for a couple of weeks now.
I'm getting ready to actually order my stuff and want to make sure I have
everything I need. Buying local retail is expensive.
Thanks for the quick reply.
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 04:48:59 GMT, Machine Messiah
wrote:
snip.

The motherboard's northbridge, (865) comes with a heatsink on it. An
online search should find plenty of pictures of that motherboard, on which
the heatsink is clearly seen. You need do nothing more to it than leave
the heatsink as-is.

I'm assuming you are only referring to the motherboard. If your question
is about the CPU, then yes, the CPU needs a heatsink with fan except for
special OEM systems that may have a different way of moving air though the
heatsink rather than a fan directly on top of it.

Yes, I was refering to the board. The cpu I'm going to buy comes with a
heatsink and fan.
Just curious as to what that thing was.

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