[plug] P4 1.4

Craig Ringer craig at postnewspapers.com.au
Tue Dec 16 16:35:46 WST 2003


> Generally a CPU will run at 55-80 degrees but will give serious errors
> 85-90 degrees is where it starts to fry.

I've had a Duron survive hitting 110 - it's still in use. Then again, 
that's probably luck. I burnt myself on the heatsink :-)

> The cooler the better: add 60 or 80cm casefans and PCI slot fans if need
> be. Sometimes you even need to use round ide cables to improve case
> ventilation.

SATA cabling is good for that.

Craig Ringer




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