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To: Cirruslvr who wrote (107892)	4/26/2000 12:57:00 AM
From: Mani1	Respond to of 1573092

Cirruslvr Re <<Does the heatsink/fan combination in this picture of an Athlon plugged into a motherboard seem normal, or heavy duty to you?>> Hard to say from that picture. The fins do seem to be long and fairly fine. So I guess I would classify it as "heavy duty" But it is NOTHING like the one with the 1 GHz Coppermine, then again Coppermine needs 60 degree junction temp to operate properly. Mani

To: Cirruslvr who wrote (107892)	4/26/2000 2:13:00 AM
From: Petz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

RE: <Does the heatsink/fan combination in this picture of an Athlon plugged into a motherboard seem normal, or heavy duty to you? It is supposed to be a Thunderbird. watch.impress.co.jp > Slot A Athlons usually have a heatsink which is the size of 2 fans. This may be a socketed chip, only a little bigger than a socket 7 chip. Because of its smaller package, it can only use one fan. Like Mani said, the fins are much longer than typical. I suspect this is what you have to do to get the heat out of a smaller package like a Socket A, but its still not big by slotted CPU standards. Petz