imported_Apprentice
Junior Member
I just ran into a couple of people claiming that newer P4 processors could reach 137 degree Celsius temperatures without becoming damaged. According to the source they apparently are able to do this by "slowing themselves down so that they don't damage themselves, but can still run."
They weren't content with my answer that I thought they were making an idiotic statement, so I called their bluff by phoning Intel dircetly and getting the skinny on it. I was informed that the P4 3.40E processor can achieve a maximum temperature of 73.2C before it completely shuts itself (and supposedly the computer) off for protection. The 3.0 is able to attain 69.1C before doing the same.
Converted into Farenheit, that's 163F, or 156F respectively, so I think these guys have their wires crossed, and Intel agrees with me. However that's not enough for them, and I think this needs some backup. You guys have the best reputation in my mind, so here I am.
Can anybody verify either Intel's claims as being short of the truth, or the claims of these guys as being absolutely rediculous?
What heat in Celsius is the Pentium 4 processor able to achieve and still become physically damaged? How hot is it able to run before the computer itself starts experiencing problems running in general?
Intel says 73.2C those babies shut right down. These guys say up to 137C they start slowing themselves down to protect themselves and any higher damages them.
Why would you even want to run that hot anyway? You wouldn't, but the righteous have a god and their god is false. We can't prove the bible, but we sure as heck can prove this.
Thanks in advance, looking forward to real info, real backup, and a real opportunity to dispel some myths.
They weren't content with my answer that I thought they were making an idiotic statement, so I called their bluff by phoning Intel dircetly and getting the skinny on it. I was informed that the P4 3.40E processor can achieve a maximum temperature of 73.2C before it completely shuts itself (and supposedly the computer) off for protection. The 3.0 is able to attain 69.1C before doing the same.
Converted into Farenheit, that's 163F, or 156F respectively, so I think these guys have their wires crossed, and Intel agrees with me. However that's not enough for them, and I think this needs some backup. You guys have the best reputation in my mind, so here I am.
Can anybody verify either Intel's claims as being short of the truth, or the claims of these guys as being absolutely rediculous?
What heat in Celsius is the Pentium 4 processor able to achieve and still become physically damaged? How hot is it able to run before the computer itself starts experiencing problems running in general?
Intel says 73.2C those babies shut right down. These guys say up to 137C they start slowing themselves down to protect themselves and any higher damages them.
Why would you even want to run that hot anyway? You wouldn't, but the righteous have a god and their god is false. We can't prove the bible, but we sure as heck can prove this.
Thanks in advance, looking forward to real info, real backup, and a real opportunity to dispel some myths.
