> > Bad move. At 70deg your CPU will die an early death. > While I wouldn't want to run it at 70 all the time, it shouldn't > significantly shorten the life, if AMD's thermal limits are to be > believed.
According to your argument, life-expectancy is maximum until the heat-limit is reached, beyond which there's a sudden cutoff. Reality is that chip failure rates are more than just simply proportional to operating temperature. It's not a straight line. Running something at 70 which normally runs at 40 has a seriously reduced life expectancy. What that has to do with maximum operating temperature? Nothing. It's what it says - maximum operating temperature, i.e. above it, it's no longer guaranteed to function correctly. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
