Author: Slater Wold
Date: 19:19:50 03/27/02
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On March 27, 2002 at 21:32:35, K. Burcham wrote: >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 Not good. I have 2 of them coming tomorrow, and they are going on the same mobo. :(
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