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To: Petz who wrote (107916)	4/26/2000 1:10:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573092

Mani and Petz - RE: Athlons heatsink/fan Thanks for your answers. The reason I asked is because Ace's reported Dean Kent (from realworldtech.com) saying Thunderbirds may be having heat problems with the Via Socket A chipset. And also because that heatsink looks much bigger and stronger than the rinky-dinky one on my processor. aceshardware.com

To: Petz who wrote (107916)	4/26/2000 1:25:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573092

Petz, Socket A T-Bird heatsink, Yes, the heatsink looks rather heavy-duty for a socketed processor. Although this is just a prototype system, I wouldn't be surprised if production T-Birds required such heavy-duty cooling solutions. That means the rinky-dink heatsink/fans found at Fry's just isn't going to cut it. I don't think this will be a big issue for T-Bird, because it's supposed to be a performance product, but it may be an issue for the value-minded Spitfire. Tenchusatsu