Erm i planning to buy the asus M2N-SLI...and i heard that AMD heats up fast... im not sure the board comes with fan...and also im not sure abt the heat pipe cooling system...isit good enouf to cool AMD Athlon X2 3800+ proc? or do i need to buy a fan that would do the job and recon me a fan if i need to get one..

Who says AMD heat up fast?Any supporting facts?

some of my cousins... isit true?

This post has been edited by wjie20: Oct 10 2006, 12:02 PM

nvr had a problem .. not even once..

owh i c... but i would like to ask again...do i need to get a fan if the fan doesnt come with the board when i buy it?

what fan???? .. mind to tell me? m/board fan?
im not sure if u can modified those heatpipe ..

btw.. not need extra fan.. just front and rear fan will do



This post has been edited by hunt17: Oct 10 2006, 12:25 PM

The heatpipe cooling is perfectly fine. You don't have to worry about the NB/MOSFETs heating up unless:

1) Your casing ventilation sucks
2) You are going to overclock alot

In either case you should:

1) Get more fans/change your casing
2) Place fans on the heatpipe radiators
3) Replace with a better chipset HSF (JingTing, HR-05, etc)

owh...proc fan...u know the fan on top of the heatsink which is on top of the proc...

front and rear fan?? u mean the casing fan??

AMD X2 is very cool. No need to worry about that. The stock HSF fan works just fine if u don't overclock. N the Asus mobo heatpipes work just fine too. My A8N32SLi is using heatpipes too, the temps r ok even though my mobo is upside down in my Lian Li V1200 case. It's only if ure using water cooling that u need to plug in the optional fan for the heatpipe radiator.

proc fan .. dont know 'bout u but as other AMD user would recommned, if u do lots of OC, change that to better 1.. if not stick with original

owh...but the on board heat pipes seems like it doesnt require fans...but i have to add the fan aswell right??? cause the way asus descript...im thinking it does not requrie proc fans... isit true??

I would rank changing the thermal paste and replacing the bubblegum as higher priority

This is from my P5B Deluxe. Only half the NB cooler made contact with the chipset and only 1 mosfet actually properly contacts the bubblegum


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oic thx guys... my casing is Calvalier...i havent done anything to the casing...isit good enouf? i mean the intake and exhaust..

Yeah dude, I agree on the bubblegum long thermal strip. I think it keeps heat on the mosfet than conducting it off. Even the X1900 XTX and XTs use it. Its sucks seriously.....

Bubble gum??? u litterarily put bubble gum on it???

duh... is d stock thermal paste la...
not those consumable chewing gum..

BTW..i still blur wat u wanna ask...
u asking need fan for ur Processor or mother heatpipe.

if motherboard heatpipe.. dun worry much...

for processor...if u are using AMDx2...stock HSF are good enough...
unless u wan overclock it.

i believe OP is confused
the heatpipes on the mobo only cools the mosfets n chipset on the mobo itself
while ur proc will come with a separate heatsink with a fan

oic...i tot the heat pipes are for the proc cooling purpouses...so

Yup...damn troublesome. There's not enough pressure to use thermal paste so I changed them to some good ol tape.




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why not just use the screw to hold down the heatsink ?
just taruh AS5 on the mofset then press down the heatsink and use screws to hold them down la...