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daft   07-11-2009 at 04:57:55 PM
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heatsink: piece of metal that has contact with a heated surface to disapate heat in an atempt to lower heat levels as to not have said object melt/blow up/cease functioning

 

chipset: a set of Integrated circuits on a motherboard that controlls different functions based of what is needed by the motherboard. EG: southbridge generally controls HDD ports, USB ports, and some PCI/e on ocasion. different chipsets have different features


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