Processors looking for a good home

[Tyler Aviss]

One thing I used to hate about my Athlon XP (2500) was that the thing
was terrible for heat. I still have it, and it still runs, but it
requires a noisy "volcano" fan to keep cool. I think it's one of the
earlier revisions though, since latter chips were supposed to be
cooler.

On 9/17/07, Kareem Shehata <kareem-d+8TeBu5bOew5LPnMra/2Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Lennart
> > Sorensen
> > Sent: Monday 17 September 2007 11:00
> > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Processors looking for a good home
> >
> > > 1)       Athlon XP 2500+ and heatsink
> >
> > That was a lovely CPU.  Too bad the mainboard in my machine is 100MHz
> > FSB only, so I am stuck with my 700. :)  Ny other machine has a 2400XP-M
> > in it, which is actually really nifty, since it is a mobile cpu and uses
> > less power and is unlocked.  I run it at 9x200MHz which is close to the
> > 13.5x133 that it was spec'd to run at.  Both the 2400XP-M and the 2500XP
> > are barton core which was the last K7 design and by far the best.
> >
> > > 2)       Celeron D 2.0GHz (?) Socket 478, no heat sink
> >
> > Eww. :)
>
> Agree on both counts.  I loved the Athlon XP (and the motherboard it was on
> Asus A7N8X), but alas nothing lasts forever.  I won't miss the Celeron, but
> figure it might find a use somewhere.
>
> -kms
>
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