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Hottest CPU besides Prescott

MrK6

MrK6

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Yah, I know it's weird, but I need a hot CPU. What's a cheap but hot CPU? I know the Prescott's are ridiculous, but the cheapest is $130 and thats too much for the project I'm using it for, so I'm looking for something in the Athlon XP/Celeron D range (Semprons, it seems, are pretty cool running so forget them). Thanks alot! Any suggestions are welcome!
 
to produce alot of heat, its a science project to heat a room using a computer. I already have an inefficient PSU (65% Antec) so this CPU will finish it off.
 
get a AXP, the lowest t-bred u can find ideally- i know the 2000+ came as a t-bred since i have one 😉 Then bump the voltage up until u get the required temp 🙂 Mine certainly seems pretty hardy & hot @2600+, and a mates stock 2600+ regularly idles at low 60s, hitting high 70s under load!

Mind u- i remember that the faster durons put out a mega dollop of heat 2.
 
Lol, not by today's standards though. Wasn't it only about 30 watts or something?
 
🙂 my toshiba laptop has a 'chomper' 333mhz AMD that makes the plastic 2 hot 2 touch after about 10mins....
 
Well then try an Athlon 1400. Those can get pretty toasty too!


edit: yeah, the 233 was about 30W....the 1400 Tbird is about 65W.
 
I don't think you'll ever beat a Prescott in heat generation. Try to get a Prescott, get the best aftermarket HSF you can find (to remove heat from the processor to the air, heating up the room) and then overvolt it to 1.7v and overclock it as far as it'll go.
 
how much would an old AMD MP (or just do the L5(or L6, i can never remember) bridge trick on any old t-bred AXP) duallie set him back- straight away u double ur heat, and then go for a monster overvolt...?
 
Celeron D is about 73W, I believe.

I have always wondered why so many folks complain about Prescott being hot and hard to cool when they had those same problems with AMD chips back then and it didn't seem to discourage them from buying.
 
Why no one says our legendary T-Bird! With lack of AMD's cooling stregedy and HSF quality, that was one hot processor. (How many W it used was not an issue. It was just hot no matter what)
 
For heating a room you need to dissipate maximum power. CPU temps don't matter, as those are affected only by heatsink design.

A bad heatsink means the chip will heat up more, but that greater temperature differential will still transfer heat to the room. A good heatsink will keep the chip cooler, and will transfer heat to the room beacuse it has a better convection coefficient. Either way, once your chip reaches its steady state temp, the heating of the room will be goverened by the power consumption of the chip. Therefore go for the chip with the greatest power consumption.

An inefficient PSU is a great starting point, and you may also want to find an big CRT monitor since those put out quite a bit of heat as well.

As far as the CPU is concerned:
http://www.asus.com/support/en...chref/amd/amdcbda.aspx
http://www.goodwin.ee/sulo/Power2.htm

It looks like the Early XP Palomino cores would be good contenders, as well as perhaps the Celeron D chips.

I have an XP 1800+ (1.53 GHz Palo) and it had a monster heatsink stock, but now I'm using a Zalman 7000 and it is both cool and quiet.

Good luck with the project!

-D'oh!
 
i used to use a palamino 2000+ and the thing was a monster. i overheated a few times playing SWG @ 80C! i'll sell it you if you'd like; PM me.

-andy
 
Well, my Athlon 64 FX rig heats my room pretty well (difference between the rest of the house and my room...pretty big...I'm in an area w/o much heating (coal stove) and my comp does a fine heating job.

interesting idea for a project, good luck.

Its all in the PSU and videocard...lol....get a defunct GeForce 5800 Ultra....those were beasts, and are probably cheap, if they aren't a collectors item! (also buy ear plugs...lol)
 
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