Just saw a VERY interesting Athlon vs. Pentium III/IV Video
Old news, but it's still SMOKIN. (Pun intended ).
Old news, but it's still SMOKIN. (Pun intended )
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I have never fried an Intel CPU.
I ran even an over clocked celeron 333a w/o a fan or heat sink for hours, because I couldnt find one that fit. Installed windows 98, downloaded updated BIOS to reconize my P3 cpu heh. I let it run for awhile, even ran benchmarks, I didn't have any temp gauges or anything, but the cpu was hot.
I ran even an over clocked celeron 333a w/o a fan or heat sink for hours, because I couldnt find one that fit. Installed windows 98, downloaded updated BIOS to reconize my P3 cpu heh. I let it run for awhile, even ran benchmarks, I didn't have any temp gauges or anything, but the cpu was hot.
Tom did what I don't have the guts to do, and would become ill if I did. When you have the money, fried CPU's aren't a big deal.
As far as the CPU itself, Intel has better heat management and a tougher die--you don't hear horror stories en masse about people cracking their P3. And to make it even more idiot-proof, the IHS on the P4 and Tualatin P3 and Celeron make it nearly impossible to accidentally bust a die.
With the P4 retention mechanism, the heatsink isn't coming off accidentally either.
As far as the CPU itself, Intel has better heat management and a tougher die--you don't hear horror stories en masse about people cracking their P3. And to make it even more idiot-proof, the IHS on the P4 and Tualatin P3 and Celeron make it nearly impossible to accidentally bust a die.
With the P4 retention mechanism, the heatsink isn't coming off accidentally either.
