Jeff7181
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- Aug 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: ketchup79
I know you're joking... but AMD's don't have to run hot... spend $20 on a heatsink and $5 on a fan and you'll be set.No wonder, AMD's run hot
And just where do you think the heat goes? Mars? Seriously folks, I don't care if you have a Vapochill, nothing is going to make your CPU produce less heat than it already does, unless you A. turn down the core voltage, B. lower your CPU speed, or C. turn the computer off. CPU's put out major amounts of heat , and it's not getting any better. I remember my first computer that had a fan on the CPU, and thought, "OMG, isn't this overkill?"
ALSO, while we are on the subject, since it was brought up, the cores of the P4's and t-bred's and bartons are not much different from each other in size. In fact, before AMD went to the t-bred, the core on the P4 was much smaller. Don't confuse the heatspreader on the P4 for the core. The P4 would run cooler if the heatspreader wasn't there, but Intel got sick of people crushing their cores and trying to return them.
Moral of the story: CPU's produce heat , so next time, leave the AC on!
Think before you post... I said "AMD's don't have to run hot." I never said a damn thing about how much heat is created. The amount of heat created won't change, the temperature it runs at is dependant on ambient air temp, thermal conductivity between the core and heatsink, and the quality of the heatsink/fan.
Also, the Barton core CPU's are 101 mm square... the T-Bred A & B's are 84 mm Square... and the P4 Northwood is 131 mm square.
So they're not THAT similar in size... the P4 core is still pretty damn big compared to a Barton.
