Author: K. Burcham
Date: 18:32:35 03/27/02
below is an article about the heat created by the latest amd release, 2100+ On a side note, I find it worth mentioning that the 2100+ gets extremely hot. Way hotter than even the 2000+! For testing, I had the 2000 and 2100 installed under a Thermaltake Volcano 7+ (to be reviewed very soon). The V7+ is a huge, full copper heatsink with tiny fins. It has a variable 80mm fan, spinning at either 3000, 4800, or 6000 RPM. The 2000+ ran perfectly fine on the nice quiet "Medium" setting of 4800 RPM. 3000 wasn't enough to keep it cool, but that is more for the P4 (the V7+ can be installed on either Socket 478 or Socket A). When on the 2100, however, there was no way 4800 could keep the CPU cool enough... At the medium setting, the CPU would overheat and WindowsXP would crash. CPU temperature reached upwards of 60 degrees Celsius! High speed kept things cool; down to the mid-40's. This is just one of the practicality issues I have with these AthlonXP CPU's. http://www.hardcoreware.net/ kburcham
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