[plug] Socket A cooling recommendations

[Trevor Phillips]

On Friday 10 October 2003 14:26, James Devenish wrote:
> 
> I've found that up to 65 is fine but most OSes do well to warn above 70,
> with 80 seeming to be a common panic point for junction temperature in
> various manufacturers' RISC chips.

Y'know, to a degree, it's the same as the length of a piece of string. That 
is, different CPUs have different temperature tolerances.

I have a SFF case with a Celeron 2.2 in it, and I'm experimenting with ways of 
cooling it adequately without the high-pitch turbine sound of the rear 
extractor fans. Eventually I found the spec PDF for Celeron's, which listed 
the temperature tolerance ranges for a bunch of different Celerons. Bottom 
line that my assumption to worry at about 60 and panic at 70 was about right. 
It typically runs at 40 - 45.

My Duron 1.1, on the other hand, averages around 65 from memory...

If in doubt, hunt down the specs. IMHO, a lot of cooling solutions are 
overkill, unless you're into overclocking (which I never could see much point 
in).

On the topic of my SFF Celeron 2.2 - does anyone know of a cooling solution 
which is lower profile (height) than the default Intel monstrosity, AND 
quiet, and provide good cooling for average use in a cramped case? ^_^

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