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Originally posted by saltfish
Motherboard monitoring has nothing to do with preventing an AMD from spontanious meltdown.
-SF
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Ever since the Tom's Hardware video of the Athlon XP versus the P4 without a CPU cooler, you've been acting like Athlon XP's just blow up in everyone's computer.
This rarely happens in any system. If the CPU heatsink fan falls off, it's the users fault. AMD even gives you a warning with EVERY single processor they sell: "Do not assemble PC unless the CPU fan is installed correctly. Failure to do so will result in the loss of the chip. Do not turn on the computer without the fan on. Do not turn on the computer unless you are sure the CPU fan is installed correctly."
It's basically written all over everything that comes with the Athlon XP. It's like selling a car and telling the user to wear their seatbelt so if they have a wreck they won't be hurt. Put on the heatsink fan so when you turn on the computer the processor won't be hurt.
I said this before, and I'll say it again: I've never heard of a heatsink fan falling off. If it does, your motherboard came broke, or your heatsink fan came broke. That's not AMD's fault. AMD designs great processors, and with their processing power comes heat, just as all processors have. We wouldn't have the power we have now for so little of money from AMD if they didn't get hot. Install the heatsink fan correctly and this will never be an issue. This should not be an issue when buying AMD processors, and it definitely shouldn't be the reason to buy Intel over AMD.
That video has a fault to it: it was made when the Athlon XP just came out (1400+) and when the P4 just came out (low end 1.+'s). Now, Pentium 4's come with Hyper-Threading technology and damn high front-side buses. Guess what that results in? Yes, the latest Pentium 4's run just as hot (if not hotter) than Athlon XP's. If the heatsink fan simply falls off, it's gonna nuke it just like in that video. The heat prevention device will be enacted, but nothing is gonna stop the spontaneous combustion of a processor putting out 100 watts of power.
We can argue about Intel vs AMD for years to come. Both have advantages and disadvantages, and both are great companies...but the fact that an Athlon XP will fry if the heatsink fan falls off is just a ridiculous point of argument. It's like saying a car will overheat without its radiator...cars don't just have their radiators fall off, and neither do Athlon XP's.
-Lasereth