I don't recall Northbridge fans being a major reliability issue back in the early-mid 2000sAren't those chipset fans going to be the first thing that fails. Why would you put a mechanical part on a motherboard
Chipset fans in many Asus A8N variants were garbage.I don't recall Northbridge fans being a major reliability issue back in the early-mid 2000s
der8aur's testing is all valid but you forget that vendors design to a wide set of parameters. Just because 90% of situations won't require active cooling on the chipset does not mean you can ignore the other 10% fringe cases. Think of it like engine design for cars where the fuel quality across the world varies significantly. They engine will be tuned to accommodate all such fuel quality variance which leaves a less than optimal engine output for a lot of people but caters for the poor fuel quality and won't result in a buggered engine.
It's the same for the cooling on the chipset. Many people could probably passively cool it but not EVERYONE will be able to. Think of some nutter running a SFF case with poor airflow in a hot country. It just means those of us who can guarantee or otherwise ensure proper chipset temperatures will have to work around it.
That being said the cooling solution could have been better and some vendors are working on BIOS updates to kill the fan when not required.
Mine is at the same temperatures. Didn't notice going hotter than this.Looking at temps in my x570 board, the chipset hits 60 degrees, although I've not actually looked to see if the fan is running or not. That's just doing gaming as well.
But we should be thankful they didn't ask thermaltake's input. Would be something like the 25cm fan from the armour case. At least would be more efficient.jam something in the blades
With some Chipset fans you can unplug them , like the
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...4-x570-chipset-itx-motherboard-mb-57y-gi.html
you could mod your own silent & bigger fan