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To: Epinephrine who wrote (97147)	3/6/2000 9:12:00 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572631

EPI - Re: "the ones that DO run on modified motherboards with modified heatsinks." Congratulations on winning the Idiot Of The Day AWARD !! AMD's 65 watt Jacked Up Voltage GigaWiper requires a THERMAL MELTDOWN PREVENTION ALUMINUM BRICK WITH TWO FANS-A-BLOWIN' !!! - didn't you bother to read ANAND's report ? anandtech.com "Instead of just a standard heatsink/fan combo, AMD outfitted with our test sample 1GHz CPU with a Foxconn unit that featured two fans.ÿ The heatsink itself made complete contact with the L2 cache modules on the processor itself, something that was only somewhat accomplished by the heatsinks that AMD used on their evaluation processors in the past.ÿ What?s the point of mentioning what sort of heatsink AMD supplied us with for our testing?ÿ It indicates that the cooling demands of the 1GHz processor are definitely more than what we?re used to with the Athlon; while it?s still not unmanageable it?s something to take into account when building a system.ÿ Keep cool - EPI !!! Paul