"Gigabyte GA EP 45 DQ6" question!

Animetshop SG

What is this(the part I circle)?

SBS7484P SG

could that be the heatsink for one of the major chips?

I-like-flings(m) SG

more heatsink?

markz39 SG

It should be the storage controller (Intel ICH9)

alwaysdisturbed SG

i think underneath the heatsink is the southbridge.

MyPillowTalks SG

it should be the southbridge, which will crash if ur graphic card emits toooooo much heat

SBS7484P SG

what i was guessing...

at first i thot it was northbridge la ><

MyPillowTalks SG

i tink the northbridge is the one with the bigger heatsink beside the socket, but nto the long one

Anonymous User SG

Yup, shud be the south bridge... if im not wrong... the smaller bit attached to it is the ICH9 controller... the 4 ethernet plug is overkill though, i think...=S

Animetshop SG

Yup, shud be the south bridge... if im not wrong... the smaller bit attached to it is the ICH9 controller... the 4 ethernet plug is overkill though, i think...=S

What is south bridge means?

What's that for?

Anonymous User SG

What is south bridge means?

What's that for?

to connect all ur other devices to e processor. (i.e HDD, gpu, power, pci, pci-e etc...)

dinky1409 SG

wah im amazed how u guys know these stuff lawls so cool.. sorry computer noob here.. lawls~

alwaysdisturbed SG

wah im amazed how u guys know these stuff lawls so cool.. sorry computer noob here.. lawls~

usually i'll just look at what the chip is surrounded by. theres always a north and south bridge chips.

the northbridge controls CPU and RAM, so it'll be placed near it.

the southbridge controls, PCI, PCI-E, USB and other peripherals, so it'll be placed near them too.