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Why do proccessors have an IHS on them if it increases temps? Is it to prevent you from cracking the core or somthing?
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
It was so easy to chip off the edges of a Athlon/Athlon XP it wasn't even funny.
Originally posted by: Soviet
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
It was so easy to chip off the edges of a Athlon/Athlon XP it wasn't even funny.
QFT! If you didnt see my pic of my poor athlon XP take a good look and then question the validity of an IHS.
Originally posted by: Soviet
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
It was so easy to chip off the edges of a Athlon/Athlon XP it wasn't even funny.
QFT! If you didnt see my pic of my poor athlon XP take a good look and then question the validity of an IHS.
Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: Soviet
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
It was so easy to chip off the edges of a Athlon/Athlon XP it wasn't even funny.
QFT! If you didnt see my pic of my poor athlon XP take a good look and then question the validity of an IHS.
No offense, but I can't tell what is going on that picture.
After removing the IHS on my X2, I have to wonder this as well. I mean, I know that its a little more difficult to put the HSF on without the heatspreader, but its not that hard.
Surely they could've tried to develop a better method for securing HSFs so that it practically couldn't damage the chips. Considering that the bulk of CPUs goes into OEM systems, it seems like they wouldn't have to worry that much about the average user damaging it.
Back when I built my first sytem, I opted to go with a P4 over an Athlon XP because of the way people talked about being able to damage the core. Now, I could care less and would prefer them not to have one.
Originally posted by: Jeff7
It just amuses me the way the industry went.
Full ceramic - 286-Pentium era
Exposed core with heatspreaders - K6 line
Exposed core - Athlons
Exposed core with heatspreaders - X2's and such
So will the next generation of processors have fully exposed cores again?![]()
Originally posted by: JSFLY
Originally posted by: darkswordsman17
Originally posted by: Soviet
Originally posted by: WobbleWobble
It was so easy to chip off the edges of a Athlon/Athlon XP it wasn't even funny.
QFT! If you didnt see my pic of my poor athlon XP take a good look and then question the validity of an IHS.
No offense, but I can't tell what is going on that picture.
After removing the IHS on my X2, I have to wonder this as well. I mean, I know that its a little more difficult to put the HSF on without the heatspreader, but its not that hard.
Surely they could've tried to develop a better method for securing HSFs so that it practically couldn't damage the chips. Considering that the bulk of CPUs goes into OEM systems, it seems like they wouldn't have to worry that much about the average user damaging it.
Back when I built my first sytem, I opted to go with a P4 over an Athlon XP because of the way people talked about being able to damage the core. Now, I could care less and would prefer them not to have one.
His chip got stuck on the heatsink and came off.
Originally posted by: CP5670
The funny thing is they still often work perfectly in that condition. I have an old 1.4 Tbird that has heavily chipped and frayed edges but works fine.