It is further alleged that on or about 30 Dec 2005 16:52:22 -0800, in
alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, the queezy keyboard of "johns"
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[email protected]> spewed the following:
|I fought that battle. What I discovered was that
|Artic Silver is fine. I even applied it a little bit
|heavy to make sure no air pockets developed.
|The cpu heat will spread it evenly. The real problem
|was the air flow in the case .. a generic steel case.
|I switched to an Antec SLK1650B with the side
|port that lets the cpu fan blow/suck air directly
|to the outside, and my cpu temp immediatly
|dropped to mid-30s ( from mid-50s ). I tried same
|on 5 other boxes .. and got the same good
|results. I swear by that Antec case, and now
|all my CAD labs are using it no matter what cpu
|mobo bundle I use. Side venting makes a big
|difference.
|Also, note that AMD warns everybody
|to replace the heat goop as soon as they get
|the bundle. Apparently it doesn't have a good
|shelf life in the plastic shipping box before the
|cpu and fan are installed.
I agree entirely with this poast. The surest way to reduce heat is
having a side port, especially one that is intelligently designed. I
prefer a mid tower rather than a mini for cooling purposes and
interior esthetics, but, whatever.
The thing about tape or the thick goo you get sometimes is that the
initial burn-in temperatures can get extreme and tape or goo sometimes
gets a little thin or nonexistent in places. Dangerous, it can cause a
system to totally fail or even worse to be "not quite right, WTF?"
Random flakiness. Pissed off clients.
A quality heat sink is always advised, stock cooling works but if a
person just shells out a few more bucks you can add years to the life
of your processor AND make it perform consistently.
--
-nos1eep
One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the "Buffalo Theory”
to his buddy, Norm. "Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd
of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when
the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back
that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd
as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group
keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In
much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the
slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know,
kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest
brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer
eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and
more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after
a few beers.