Hi guys,
I'll be getting an MSI H61M-P21 (B3) mainboard soon as part of my upgrade. I won't be doing ANY overclocking on anything at all - none at all. It gets pretty hot here in Summer, with some days over 40c/104F. This house doesn't have an air conditioner so the house gets pretty hot in Summer. I wil be playing a lot of games, everything from high end to basic.
So I as wondering, given the above info, whether the lack of heatsinks on the power MOSFETS / VRM / circuitry will be a problem? For what it's worth, on my old system, my back then high end board in 2003 (P4C800-E Deluxe) didn't have any heatsinks on the power either and that was fine running my P4 3.0GHz.
For reference, here is the board I am getting:
http://au.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P21--B3-.html
Thanks for help and advice.
I'll be getting an MSI H61M-P21 (B3) mainboard soon as part of my upgrade. I won't be doing ANY overclocking on anything at all - none at all. It gets pretty hot here in Summer, with some days over 40c/104F. This house doesn't have an air conditioner so the house gets pretty hot in Summer. I wil be playing a lot of games, everything from high end to basic.
So I as wondering, given the above info, whether the lack of heatsinks on the power MOSFETS / VRM / circuitry will be a problem? For what it's worth, on my old system, my back then high end board in 2003 (P4C800-E Deluxe) didn't have any heatsinks on the power either and that was fine running my P4 3.0GHz.
For reference, here is the board I am getting:
http://au.msi.com/product/mb/H61M-P21--B3-.html
Thanks for help and advice.
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