fans. Some of the higher powered cards can produce more heat than the CPU (dissipating up to 350 watts), so effective cooling is especially important. Since 2010, graphics cards have been released with either axial fans, or a centrifugal fan also known as a blower, turbo or squirrel cage fan.

Chipset fan

Used to cool the heatsink of the northbridge of a motherboard's chipset; this may be needed where the

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