[SGVLUG] water cooled cases.

[Mike Dillon]

begin James Neff quotation:
> Moral of the story:  take into consideration all of the aspects of the
> system, and not just the cpu temp.  My northbridge chip was only warm to
> the touch after I received a CTD (which means the heat wasn't
> transfering to the heatsink).  Spend the extra $20-40 on the aftermarket
> coolers, you'll save yourself a lot of headaches.

I've also nearly burned up a Northbridge chip because of a bad fan, so I
can second this. After buying a decent fan to replace the one that came
with the mobo, I've had no problems (except it's a little noisy because
I went cheap).

-md