Subject: Re: Why do motherboards manufacturers...
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ludicrous Date: 2/3/2001 2:11:26 PM (GMT-7)
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because Intel specifies it as part of the ATX layout.
It some circumstances it saves long-term repair costs for OEM builders by allowing them to put a larger-than-normal heatsink on the CPU, and then rely on the heatsink fan to draw air across the CPU (no CPU-fan = one less part that can break).
Given the amount of heat put out by today's high-speed processors you don't see this layout much now, but...
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