I have a gigabyte G7-VAX Ultra board it is has one of those nice little chipset fans and heatsink on it. Well the little beast vibrates very hard and makes a very annoying buzzing sound. I tried to simma it down but I had no luck, so then I just unplugged the little beast. I haven't had any problems and my temps are the same. My question is, are these fans really required to run right? It is a 8x board, AGP and Chipset. Thanks

you could prob take the whole heatsink off and you'd still be ok, most mobochipsets emit very little heat compared to the cpu, there mainly thier as a safegaurd, and for looks. If your overclocking tho, a heatsink on the northbridge helps, as there usualy almost smack dab next to the cpu's heatsink thats having to move that 70watts of heat.

you will be fine with just the heat sink
ive got a nforce2,
no fan but have a heatsink

Okay that is tight. I am running a XP 1700+ at 2200+, it is like 165FSB, but my CPU temps are only like 93 idle and 100 full load, so I think it will be alright. Thanks for the help and intel.

...°C or °F ?????? :o