On Tuesday 28 August 2001 05:20 pm, Dennis Myers escribi�:
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> Also, from what I have read the Athlon is easier to keep cool due to
> a bit more mm of surface area. I.E. less chance of cooking it.
> Todays prices don't see a lot of difference in the two so I would go
> with the Athlon.
Don't know where that cooler idea came from? Tbird's run hot, hotter
than Durons. Bigger caches, more voltage, more wattage, more heat.
Facts are any of the newer processors run hot. Adequate cooling is a
must for stablility. The cheapest generic heatsink/fans are OK, but
the case must be also kept very cool. Intel cpu's run cooler, but
they're also much less tolerant of overheating. BUT...
Yes, with 1.4 Tbirds selling for $120, and equaling the perfomance
of 2 gig Pentium 4's just out. Seems like the best deal, no?. Maybe
not. Processor mhz aren't everything. Most all peripheals, including
the harddrives still run on the 33.3mhz PCI bus. Despite all the
hoopla 'bout D(ouble) D(ata) R(ate) this and DDR that, including AGP ,
and Win-RAID, and <whatever> the current advertised fad is ...
everything still runs thru the good ol' slow 33.3mhz PCI bus.
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