thinking of buying a new computer

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 9:35 pm

Ha HA you don't trust AMD ehh...

A friend showed me this :

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/0 ... ed&tid=142

~klinky

Andres · Post by **Andres** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 1:03 am

yes, I see amd and intel as equals. But the fact of the matter. intel chips last longer. INtel has the ability to slow down the chip when it overheats. AMD chips just fry dead.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Aug 25, 2002 1:52 am

You got problems if you have a crappy fan. While it is true that P4's can slow themselves down when the fan dies, there are options in most BIOS that allow them to shutdown if it gets too hot.

The chance of a fan dying is very unlikely, but possible

Not really the main reason someone shouldn't buy a AMD cpu as speedstep didn't start showing up for the desktop until later model PIIIs were introduced. We all know that even a 200Mhz cpu can fry itself if the fan dies. So that feature not being available obviously didn't stop millions of people from buying those other cpus.

~klinky

Sinime · Post by **Sinime** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 8:21 pm

If you are worried about a fan dieing then you should definitely get a window in your case.

Mask of Destiny · Post by **Mask of Destiny** » Wed Aug 28, 2002 8:30 pm

If you are worried about a fan dieing then you should definitely get a window in your case.

Of course you could just buy a motherboard that has fan speed and temperature detection. All of the decent motherboards can shut themselves down when adverse conditions arise.