On Jan 28, 2009, at 11:29 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote:
> > Can I use the copper heatsink from a 1.42 on my 1.25 mdd? will it fit > without modification(s).. Don't know on this. > will the machine run too cold? Jeff I don't think you can get the processor too cold to work. Have you heard about the extreme overclockers? From a slashdot.org summary: > During CES a group of overclockers with access to liquid nitrogen > and liquid helium for the extra boost of coldness cooled an AMD > Phenom II X4 chip to -232 degrees Celsius. Once they got the chip > cooled to this frigid temperature, they pushed the clock speed all > the way up to 6.5GHz, which is a world record for a quad-core CPU That is -385 degrees F. So the extra few cooling degrees offered by a better heat sink will not hurt your chip. On the contrary, the extra cooling will actually help the chip. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
