When will the madness end?

[SuperCyrix]

Out of the many systems I've built over the past years non of the cooling solutions can compare to the monstrosity that is in my Thunderbird system. It won't be long until we need to use the entire case as a cooler.

 

[Wind]

The solution is...cooling never end. Just how low u wanna keep those temp down.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I want an ATX minifridge.

 

[AlGood]

the madness will end tomorrow.

 

[WetWilly]

I've found that Prozac reduces my madness to manageable level

 

[Qualin]

8088/8086: Air Cooling, no heatsink, barely warm to the touch.
80286: Air Cooling, no heatsink, warm to the touch.
80386 (16 to 33 Mhz) : Air Cooling, no heatsink, hot to the touch.
80386 (33 to 50 Mhz) : Air Cooling, no heatsink, I'm not touching that.
80486 (33 Mhz) : Same as 386 running at 50 Mhz.
80486 (>33 Mhz) : Fanless Lasanga heatsink or just passive heatsink.
80486 (75 to 133 Mhz) : Small Heatsink with 2000 RPM Fan.
Pentium (60 to 75 Mhz) : Passive Heatsink, but tall.
Pentium (75 to 233 Mhz) : Small Heatsink with 2000 RPM Fan.
Pentium II (233 Mhz to 450 Mhz) : SECC1 Package w/ 2000 RPM Fan.
Pentium III (Non-Coppermine) : Same as P2.
Pentium III (Coppermine) : Medium Heatsink with 2000 RPM Fan.
Pentium III (Tulatin) : Medium Heatsink with 2000 RPM Fan.
Pentium 4 (All) : Large Heatsink with 5000 RPM Fan.
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OK.. Now some speculation as to what will come in the "Retail" box for future Intel CPU's.
Please forgive me for not using the proper "Codenames".

Pentium 5: Large Heatsink (Maybe Swiftech Style?) with Dual 7000 RPM Fans.
Pentium 6: Complete Watercooling setup, complete with Radiator, Pump, Hoses and Waterblock.
Pentium 7: Dedicated Vapor-Phase Cryogenic Cooling unit. (IE. Kryotech)
Pentium 8: Dual Dedicated Vapor-Phase Cryogenic Cooling unit. (One unit used to cool the other.)
Pentium 9: Specialized Room-Size Absolute Zero Cryogenic Cooling Unit. (Microcomputers will
become Mini-Computer sized again just to accomodate the cooler!)

Hmmm... Again, just some speculation... I didn't go into Athlon CPU's because they are
already emitting obscene amounts of heat. (75 watts? Eeek! CPU or Blast Furnace? )

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Here's once concern that came up a while back:

The W/mm^2 is increasing rapidly, soon we're gonna be having needle points as hot as the surface of the sun.

 

[Cerb]

Well, maybe they'll be able to increase that mm^2, or start bringing out the superduper stuff from the labs where they work with superconductors...

P9 50GHz: $200
Arctic Silver: $8
Refridgerator custom built for the Pentium 9: $5000
Knowing you'll need a U-Haul truck to go to the LAN party: Priceless.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Cerb: nah, by that time the P9 will be $150 when introduced and only be 600GHz