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To: Elmer Phud who wrote (180642)	4/6/2005 8:47:42 AM
From: Jagfan	Respond to of 186894

Thanks, I appreciate the info.

To: Elmer Phud who wrote (180642)	4/6/2005 12:03:52 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

"Only a fool would buy one."...."Because it's outside the performances specifications where Intel guarantees it will work, and also beyond the conditions that Intel guarantees it will survive." Nonsense, as usual. Intel guarantees the processors to work at specified frequencies given their mass-manufacturable stock air-cooling. Intel does not say much about processor's functionality if it is liquid-cooled (or cooled by other more exotic and expensive means). Quite opposite, I vaguely recall some bragging from Otellini that it could work just fine at elevated frequencies with proper cooling. It is well-known (and admitted by Intel) that last Pentium-4s are thermally-limited. If you could knew some basics of processor manufacturing, you would know that as long as you manage the chip temperature within limits, you are likely to be fully-functional at much higher frequencies than those achieved at stock air cooling. And "survivability" should not be of any bigger concern if you keep the chip cool. I see nothing wrong if some other engineering house conducted a validation work for a processor under their proprietary cooling conditions, found the systems fully functional, and sells them for profit. - Ali

To: Elmer Phud who wrote (180642)	4/6/2005 12:17:20 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, Because it's outside the performances specifications where Intel guarantees it will work, and also beyond the conditions that Intel guarantees it will survive. Someone buying such a system should already be made aware of that, but I doubt many will care. People buying such systems aren't fools. Rather, they just want to run their dual-core systems faster than anyone else, and they'll take their chances with the liquid cooling and the lack of Intel's blessing. Tenchusatsu