Heat Sink questions

newtothe

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Jul 30, 2014
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Are heat sinks plug and play? I'm going to be replacing a water cooling system I can't for the life of me motivate myself to clean ever with a zalman heat sink. I think I'll be able to switch everything fine but as far as anything beyond that I'm not sure. e.g. do I need to go to the bios?

I forgot exact product name but I have a over clocked Intel i7 quad core (3.5ish GB). I'll be replacing the water cooler with a rear fan where the radiator is and one of the big advanced zalman sinks. I can get back with specifics if needed. Full tower case so no room issues.