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Was the 800 Athlon at 1000 really a good enough test of this HSF ? Perhaps a faster and hotter CPU would have shown more of a difference in the cooling capabilites of the 3 HSF units. Otherwise, a nice concise review.

Assuming Mike (the reviewer) had the CPU at a nice 'n solid load (which I assume he did, as that is standard, and he has always done so in the past), it is perfectly fine.

The 1ghz Thunderbird dissipates, at max, 54watts. This, I think, is at 1.75V (I could be slightly off, but I know for a fact the default on that chip is not 1.85v). Power consumption is proportional to the voltage squared, so (54/1.75^2) ~ 17.6 watts. 17.6 watts * (1.85^2) ~ 60.2 watts. That's about the same as a low-end Palomino...certainly not the hottest he could get, but certainly a chip on which it is reasonable to benchmark with. Hotter is better....but what he's using it more than adequet (er....spelling?)

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paul@pleaseohpleasedontspamme.slcentral.com
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paul is correct, mostly, but he's actually a bit off...

Athlon TBird 1.0 GHz = 1.75V and 54 watts

However, when you take a slower core (and older core for that matter, they never officially released the blue cores at 1GHz AFAIK... I have stepping AFFA if anyone cares.) So it actually will put out closer to 65 or 70W of heat in general, as the core wasn't as efficient at dissipating it. later steppings were a bit better at it.

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