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I posted this question earlier to the Asus group, but it may be more appropriate here.

I'm feeling a little out-of-the-loop as I'm starting to think about buildingying another system. I'm starting to fucus in on a specific board (Asus P5B-VM) but my question is more general: Do motherboards (or this motherboard) generally come with stock CPU cooling for Core 2 Duo? I'm assuming some sort of CPU cooling option is necessary.

Otherwise, would someone recommend a quiet (or silent!) option for cooling the CPU on a board like this? I'm not planning to do much in the way of overclocking.

Thanks in advance!

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I believe core 2 duo comes with a nice stock that should work fine if you don't overclock.

I'm not much of a computer wiz though.

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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz

Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan included

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115003

hope that helps

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Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz

Cooling Device: Heatsink and Fan included

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819115003

hope that helps

That helps a lot actually, thanks. I'm getting familiar with the different models (mobile, Conroe, and some other one). Did you quote the E6600 because it's middle-of-the-road price-wise? That looks like a good way to go.

Thanks again!

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I made my mATX machine really silent. Now I can hear my drive seek. LOL

Just good fans and a quiet PSU.

yate loon's are cheap quiet fans. 4-10 bucks 28db

silenx are very quiet but much more expensive. 15-20 bucks 14db

gromets, gromets, gromets

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