It just runs. I left the stock fan unplugged on the MCP and have a 120mm fan blowing on the chipset sink assembly and CPU socket, the bonus effect is is blows some air across the backside of my GPU since i just sat the fan on top of it:).
I have since replaced my 9800 GX2 with a GTX460, Gigabyte, and my computer is pretty darn silent...except for that NVidia cap whine. I can't hear anything from it with my cans on or when any fans kick on in the upstairs, and during summer in Texas that is most of the day. Folding on the GPU kicks the fans just high enough to tell them apart from case fans and ambient noise, you need to listen carefully and pay attention to the pitch variance when they spin up.
Back to running 3.55GHz on the CPU and the GPU is set to 800/1600/900.
The only place I feel to go from here if I decide to is buy a new case that I don't have to heavily mod to get the rad attached to the top. Then cut some real holes for the WC tubing and mount a bus inside that gives external access for 3 pin.
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I have since replaced my 9800 GX2 with a GTX460, Gigabyte, and my computer is pretty darn silent...except for that NVidia cap whine. I can't hear anything from it with my cans on or when any fans kick on in the upstairs, and during summer in Texas that is most of the day. Folding on the GPU kicks the fans just high enough to tell them apart from case fans and ambient noise, you need to listen carefully and pay attention to the pitch variance when they spin up.
Back to running 3.55GHz on the CPU and the GPU is set to 800/1600/900.
The only place I feel to go from here if I decide to is buy a new case that I don't have to heavily mod to get the rad attached to the top. Then cut some real holes for the WC tubing and mount a bus inside that gives external access for 3 pin.