
Originally Posted by
this_is_gav
Really help the performance?
It's doing nothing for the x16 PCIe (which goes solely through the northbridge on P965), it ain't doing anything for hard drive speed (ICH8(R)), as you're limited by the mechanical speed that can't even saturate SATA let alone SATA2, unless you have a solid state hard drive or 2 up your sleeve. USB is limited by the USB 2.0 interface, and Gigabit LAN ain't getting close either. Onboard audio doesn't care how much bandwidth you've got or the speed it's at - it's just interested in packets.
Even if you add them all together you're gaining nothing even if the extra cooling allows you more of an overclock. The more you push it, all you're getting back is a greater risk of hard drive corruption.