Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 09:11:34 09/08/01
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On September 08, 2001 at 10:36:00, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On September 08, 2001 at 09:45:35, Torstein Hall wrote: > >>On September 07, 2001 at 14:19:16, Aaron Gordon wrote: >> >>>On September 07, 2001 at 09:19:32, Torstein Hall wrote: >>> >>>>On September 06, 2001 at 23:31:23, Aaron Gordon wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 06, 2001 at 19:02:10, Torstein Hall wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I just worked all evening assembling my new PC, a 1,4Ghz Athlon system. >>>>>> >>>>>>At the moment I'm getting a Fritz mark of 976 with 64MB Ram. Is this normal? >>>>>>What are others getting? >>>>>> >>>>>>Torstein >>>>> >>>>>AMD Thunderbird 1GHz at 1.61GHz here running WinXP. >>>>>1034 Fritzmarks, 1512Knps. >>>> >>>>At what temp are your Thunderbird running? How high do you consider it to safe >>>>to run it? >>>> >>>>Torstein >>> >>>Well, I can do 1.76Ghz but I hold off at 1.61 due to fear of the copper tracks >>>on the motherboard itself not being able to handle the cpu's wattage. Under full >>>load it runs about 32 degree's celsius with liquid cooling. The cpu is 126 watts >>>(Tbird 1GHz is 54 watts). >> >>MBM tells me that my CPU is running at about 50C at the moment. I have seen it >>up to 57C. Is my CPU in danger? >> >>Torstein > >Not in any immediate danger.. but with all cpu's (that I'm aware anyway) over >time electromigration will kill the cpu. Heat accelerates this. It does take >years to occur however even if the cpu is running quite hot. If it's extremely >hot (60C or more) then I'd imagine it wouldn't take but a year or two before the >cpu dies. I don't have the URL or the formula anymore but an intel engineer once >said that for every 10 degree's celsius you drop your chip it doubles it's >lifespan. If you don't plan on having that cpu for more than 3 years then I >wouldn't worry about getting a better heatsink/fan. I'm pretty poor so I try and >keep my chips as cool as possible because I can't just run out and get another >if one dies. :P Thanks for the information. I'm not exactly rich or poor, but I imagine an Athlon 1.4 will not be worth a lot of money in tree years time. My average PC lasts for up to two years before I feel I just must have a new one, so I do not feel in danger..... Torstein
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