Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI Motherboard Review @ t-break

MCP cooling on the nForce3 and 4 series is a real challenge since it is located across from the PCIe and PCI slots, given that many video cards are rather long you have to make sure the cooler is low profile or arranged in such a way as to avoid any potential contact.
"The chipset has active cooling and is placed right below the primary PCI-E x16 slot and although we didn’t run into any problems, our 6800GT came very close to touching the HSF unit. Ideally, the chipset should’ve been present below the secondary PCI-E x16 slot. Next to the chipset,"

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