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Should I invest in a fan for my bridge on a z77 ASRock Extreme 4?

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I saw some really cheap ones (under 10 bucks) earlier in the night. I've also read a lot about how this boards bridge runs hot. It has a gimpier heatsink than its predecessors and isn't connected to any other heatsinks by piping or anything. Now add that I am going to be overclocking (taking my 2500k to about 4.5ghz, but likely no further than that) and I have become concerned! What are you guys thoughts on how important or worth it would be for me to install one of these? I really, really don't want for anything to ever overheat and die in this system. I think that's what went wrong with my last one, which is why I'm buying / upgrading to this one.
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My best advice would be to keep an eye on the bridge temperature through an application like speedfan while you're testing the stability of your overclock. If it gets too hot - which it shouldn't, at least, mine doesn't at 4.5 - you might want to put a fan on there, but if not you should probably be fine.

Edit: Ps: I love voltaire wink.gif
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isn't that lie a 4+2 power phase?

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isn't that lie a 4+2 power phase?
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It's 8+4.
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