03-17-2003, 10:55 AM
Hail Roland,
"This goes DOUBLY so for AMDs, as they overheat like you wouldn't believe."
Reminds me of a video on the network here. It shows someone running Unreal (I think - I've not played FPSs since Quake) and an open case. In the first instance, they remove the fan from their P4: thermometer soon reaches 40C and the application slows. Next, same deal for a P3: soon reaches 50C and the application stops. AMD (the top one - forget the notation for them): instantly reaches 400C and melts; application crashes. Finally, the AMD that came before the top one (don't ask me! :P): Instantly exceeds 500C and cooks everything; scren blanks out :blink:
Oh, and I probably should add, if you (not you, Roland: you in a general sense :D) are a person who plans to never do anything with their system again (except perhaps upgrade in a couple of years time), most of the suggestions people have been giving are not really something you need to concern yourself with. Water cooling? Holy heck, only if you tweak your system a heck of a lot :huh: For the average user, a few fans in a standard case are enough. Me? I'm thinking about getting some coloured lights for the inside of my case, to make it look pretty :wub: Already got the window you (yeah, back to you now Roland :P) mention; thinking of installing the necessary libraries to get a thermometer running on my screen...but I've never gone over 55C, so it's not urgent. Oh, and I've hardly filled any room in my case so far...don't expect I shall anytime soon either ;)
"This goes DOUBLY so for AMDs, as they overheat like you wouldn't believe."
Reminds me of a video on the network here. It shows someone running Unreal (I think - I've not played FPSs since Quake) and an open case. In the first instance, they remove the fan from their P4: thermometer soon reaches 40C and the application slows. Next, same deal for a P3: soon reaches 50C and the application stops. AMD (the top one - forget the notation for them): instantly reaches 400C and melts; application crashes. Finally, the AMD that came before the top one (don't ask me! :P): Instantly exceeds 500C and cooks everything; scren blanks out :blink:
Oh, and I probably should add, if you (not you, Roland: you in a general sense :D) are a person who plans to never do anything with their system again (except perhaps upgrade in a couple of years time), most of the suggestions people have been giving are not really something you need to concern yourself with. Water cooling? Holy heck, only if you tweak your system a heck of a lot :huh: For the average user, a few fans in a standard case are enough. Me? I'm thinking about getting some coloured lights for the inside of my case, to make it look pretty :wub: Already got the window you (yeah, back to you now Roland :P) mention; thinking of installing the necessary libraries to get a thermometer running on my screen...but I've never gone over 55C, so it's not urgent. Oh, and I've hardly filled any room in my case so far...don't expect I shall anytime soon either ;)
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.