Those tubes are there for the 'window in the side, rounded IDE cables, cold-cathode light' case mod crowd.
It's all about making it look like it performs well, which has led to a number comparisons between this crowd and another that does similar things to certain import sedans...
Actual performance of the product is not a real concern. It's all about conspicuous consumption. I bet you pay a nice premium for those tubes.
I too had the northbridge fan fail on my ASUS board (A7V 133A).
I replaced it not with a fan, but with a large passive heatsink made by Zalman for just this purpose. Has had no detrimental effect on stability at all (I don't overclock), and has quieted down my system quite a bit. It was a bit pricy for a chunk of aluminum IMHO, but worth it.
To avoid sounding like a complete shill, just google for 'zalman northbridge cooler' and you will get some links to folks selling the thing.
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Dude, selling music is sooo last decade.
All the money now is in facilitating the theft of music.
It's called a drum. Has a head for every track on the disk. Were used for swap in mainframes back in the day.
Of course your suggestion isn't as radical as a head for each track.
Those tubes are there for the 'window in the side, rounded IDE cables, cold-cathode light' case mod crowd.
It's all about making it look like it performs well, which has led to a number comparisons between this crowd and another that does similar things to certain import sedans...
Actual performance of the product is not a real concern. It's all about conspicuous consumption. I bet you pay a nice premium for those tubes.
I too had the northbridge fan fail on my ASUS board (A7V 133A).
I replaced it not with a fan, but with a large passive heatsink made by Zalman for just this purpose. Has had no detrimental effect on stability at all (I don't overclock), and has quieted down my system quite a bit. It was a bit pricy for a chunk of aluminum IMHO, but worth it.
To avoid sounding like a complete shill, just google for 'zalman northbridge cooler' and you will get some links to folks selling the thing.
The gamecube isn't nintendo's only platform. I believe these guys were selling flash carts for the game boy advance as well.
Pain sensitivity is not the same as pain threshold.
And I'd rather get my ass stomped into a mudhole than have my testicles removed, but that's just me I guess.