The heatsink (copper) is the exact match, no modification at all. MDD G4 Copper Heatsink Swap On Jan 28, 2009, at 8:46 AM, Len Gerstel wrote:
> > > 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 > > > Paypal strongly preferred at: [email protected] Ships from: Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 208-935-0992 eBay ID: Bluebedheads w/290+ pos. feedback --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
