Howdy, I think this really depends on what was meant by supposed. It is the expected behavior at this point. But, several of Intel's P4 designers lost their jobs over this problem. So, I think it is safe to say that it was not really supposed to get this hot. The P4 does a great job on the Mersenne project, but they are power and heat pigs. I don't have a real P4, myself. My fastest Intel system is a Celeron(not D) 2.4GHz and I have several socket 370 systems. Every time I think about a faster Intel CPU, I get turned off by the crazy prices. Good day, Ralph
On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 22:27 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Jeff Woods wrote: > > At 2/16/2005 11:56 PM, Jud McCranie wrote: > > > >> Is a 3GHz P4 supposed to be this hot? Is it bad for the machine? > > > > > > Yes, and yes. I have found that without additional CPU case fans, a _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
