Intel Platform: MSI P35 Neo
The P35 Neo utilizes the Intel P35 chipset, which is currently the best choice for upper mainstream users who don’t have ambitions to run twin graphics cards. This core logic product only offers a total of 16 PCI Express lanes, which typically are routed into one slot for graphics. This is a rather simple motherboard, as it only has a three-phase voltage regulator, and it doesn’t support enthusiast features such as SATA/300 with RAID or optical digital audio output. However, it comes with all the basic components and features such as decent overclocking options. Most P35 motherboards like this one are also ready to take on Intel’s upcoming 45 nm Penryn processors, which represent a face lift to the Core 2 Duo.
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Potential fan failure is a good reason to use a push/pull fan set up on a tower CPU cooler.
I've yet to have a CPU fan fail as I've always bought quality fans with ball bearings, but if you use sleeve bearing fans, or have a problem with dust then the fans is a lot more likely to fail.
This is very interesting. I am suprised that the Athlon BE series does not run cooler than the Pentium DC.
All of this begs the question - If I want to build a system with decent performance (read: modern dual core CPU), but I want it completely silent, which CPU, and which heatsink would I have to buy?
I am presuming that a 3rd party heatsink might provide enough cooling to enable some of these CPUs to run without a fan without throttling.