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both my vid card and north bridge arnt known for being coolLakitu said:So..they are mainly for processors that produce so little heat that the airflow in the case can get rid of the heat without any active cooling mounted on the heatsink?
RancidWAnnaRIot said:make sure you don't overclock with passive cooling though... well i've heard some passive cooelrs can handle it. i don't know.. i haven't been in the heatsink loop for about a year and a half...
Lakitu said:Just as the topic says, I've wondered why there are passive heatsinks, like why do they not need a fan, but other heatsinks do? Couldn't like any heatsink work as a passive one?
Summary: What's the difference between a regular and passive heatsink?
there serving those now? mmmm deep fried prescottVapor1000 said:Passive = it needs no fan to cool....
Passive also = A Fried Pentium Prescott processor