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Home » Motherboard
Small Details on Motherboards
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: Tutorials Last Updated: May 6, 2005
Page: 6 of 9
Real-time pricing for ASUS SABERTOOTH-990FX.
ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3 TUF Series ATX AMD DDR3 1800 Motherboards Asus SABERTOOTH Electronics Usually ships in 24 hours
Amazon: $184.99 TigerDirect: $174.99
Newegg: $184.99 CompUSA: $174.99

Cooling (Cont’d)

On the previous page we've seen a lot of fancy solution for removing the hot air generated by the voltage regulator transistors (which are also called MOSFETs). Some motherboards offer a simpler solution for cooling these transistors, putting a passive heatsink on them, i.e., without a fan.

MOSFET Heatsink
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Figure 14: MOSFET heatsinks on a motherboard from MSI.

MOSFET Heatsink
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Figure 15: EPoX provides "do it yourself" passive heatsinks on some motherboards.

In Figure 15 we can also see a very common feature, which is the manufacturer logo for you to stick it on your computer's case.

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