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    Mosefet?

    Noob question of the day:

    What the heck is a Mosfet and where are they in a pc?
    Was looking at some chipset coolers for my new rig and kept mentioning these things.

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    • tinners's system
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    Oh right, so they basically one of those things on the motherboard that u cant change. was just wondering if I cud get better ones or cooler ones, obviously not then.
    Thanx anyway

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    You can cool them by placing heatsinks on top of them - if that's what you meant by cooler,

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    Ah right, get it now, sorry had a bit of a brainfart

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