And talking with two friends, I think the evidence points there. Two friends had blown Athlons after one month. Both had fan problems, one quit altogether and burned it out within minutes. (Smoke) Second I think the fan was just not cool enough.
Rick Wednesday, June 05, 2002, you wrote: BC> Agree with most of the stuff below, but there is one difference between BC> the Intel and AMD chips you might find important. We put a fair amount BC> of effort into the Pentium 4 to have it self-monitor its temp. If it gets BC> too hot, the processor throttles its own performance until it has cooled BC> down. The idea is that if a fan fails, or the cooling vents are blocked, BC> it's better for the machine to keep running than to take a chance on the BC> CPU becoming permanently damaged. Reading Tom's HW page, I get the distinct BC> impression AMD did not provide this same facility. BC> -BobC BC> -----Original Message----- BC> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BC> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael BC> Toomim BC> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:04 PM BC> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BC> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] OT CPU Fans BC> Tom Browne wrote: >> The 0.13s dissipate much less heat than the widely available AMDs... >> >>>According to these specs, my athlon XP 1600+ has a typical power >>>consumption of 56.3W. A 1.6G pentium 4 has a spec of 60.8W. >> >> Why compare to the old pre-0.13 chips? >> >> Celeron 1.2A is rated at 30W.... P4 1.6A is rated at 38.7W. BC> Yeah, well my point is not that you can find a pentium that is cooler BC> than an athlon if you compare certain models of chips across particular BC> generations of manufacturing -- it's that blanket statements like BC> "athlons are hotter than pentiums" aren't true. BC> When *I* bought my CPU, there weren't any 0.13 chips, and the AthlonXP BC> was genuinely cooler than the P4! Intel has moved to a new process that BC> gives them better power specs, but soon enough AMD will do the same and BC> then their chips will be cooler instead, and then the cycle will repeat BC> again...
