[H-GEN] P4 vs Athlon

Tue Apr 30 23:17:04 EDT 2002

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On Wed, 1 May 2002, Rick Phillips wrote:

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> The only disadvantage I have found with AMD is that you require a high
> revving fan
> and if you don't choose carefully, the noise will drive you mad.
> 

> OTOH, does anyone know if there is a current x86 compat' CPU that will
> provide decent bang/buck convection cooled?

Convection cooled disappeared with 486.  Everything has to have a fan
these days - even some chips on motherboard other than the CPU.

The limits are being pushed hence the need for very good cooling.

Rick

> Andrae

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