On Sun, January 26 2003 11:49 am, Anne Wilson wrote: *snip* > > > Thanks for the explanation. Yes, my Athlon 900 runs around 50C, 24x7. > > > I do worry about the weight of current heatsinks and fans - to say > > > nothing of the fact that I have a heart attack every time I have to try > > > to deal with those clips :). Are there specialist fans that are > > > lighter weight? > > > > And see.. this is why I spent the extra 20 bucks and bought a Pentium IV > > 1.6, instead of the Athlon 1800 (which runs at 1400mhz I think) > > No, I don't see. Why? > > Anne
Well.. for starters, P4's have MUCH better thermal resistance, not to mention a thermal diode that can regulate the core CPU temperature if the fan happens to fail, or if the heatsink happens to fall off.. Many 3rd party tests have shown that a P4 cpu can run even without a heatsink, with no damage to the CPU at all. It slows down if it detects temperature overload, and prevents the core temp. from reaching critical levels.. (Not to mention the 400-533mhz cache speeds, compared to athlon's measly 200mhz.. :p) -- Chuck Burns, Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------==========----------- You will pass away very quickly.
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