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a stupid question about A64

flexy

flexy

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hi,

browsing around i see different pictures of the AMD A64.

One always shows the CPU with a rectangle aluminum 'housing' around the core like
A64 with aluminum protector

other pictures show the pure cpu core like
WIthout the aluminum thing

how, now, are these cpus shipped ? And, just to double-check, you mount a 3rd party HSF on the core and NOT on the aluminum housing, right ? If yes, i assume the alu thing is easy to remove ?
 
If the CPU comes with a heatspreader (which is nickel-plated copper) then don't attempt to remove it. The heatsink should be installed on top of the heatspreader, with thermal grease to transfer the heat. The ones without heatspreaders are the desktop-replacement ones for laptops, unless there's been some new approach taken that I'm not aware of.
 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
If the CPU comes with a heatspreader (which is nickel-plated copper) then don't attempt to remove it. The heatsink should be installed on top of the heatspreader, with thermal grease to transfer the heat. The ones without heatspreaders are the desktop-replacement ones for laptops, unless there's been some new approach taken that I'm not aware of.
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I think you're right Mark,just like Intel P4's the mobile chips didnt have a heat spreader on top it looks like AMD's mobiles dont have one either.
 
Mostly the pictures are wrong. Desktop cpu's have the heat spreader. Mobile ones don't, and you actually get better cooling without it (direct contact with the cpu). You can however get some nice oc's with the mobile chips in a destop mb (cooling hs arrangement is a bit different however).
 
the thought of the heat-spreader between my CPU and the HSF makes me shiver.....so what you want to say is i'd be much better off getting a mobile-cpu (A64 in this case). ? (All my former CPUs and GPUs i mounted the HSF right on the core of course.)

Is there a disadvantage in getting a mobile A64...and...is there a danger to damage the small capacitors etc. putting a normal HSF on it because it doesnt have the spreader around it ?
 
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