Athlon overclocking

[mason4]

If I was to install a 1 GHZ athlon and not overclock it would I still have heat problems? Is the 1 GHZ Athlon as fast as the 1 GHZ PIII? I have not made up my mind which one to buy. The overheating I read about with the Athlon makes me nervous.

 

[Arrow]

Well, the Thunderbird (Athlon) would outperform the PIII. However, if you want an easy job with the hardware, I would say get the PIII. The Thunderbird is definitely the better deal though.

Rob
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[mpjesse]

They only overheat if you don't know what your doing. True, they do run hotter than a P3- but not if you provide good cooling. Go with the Athlon.

-MP Jesse

 

[SoulReaper]

Get the athlon. The only problem with AMD chips is that they doin't have a built in feature that shuts the chip down if it gets too hot. All intel chips have this. But still, even though it doesn't have that feature, i'd still go with the atlhon if i were u.

--SR

 

[wapaaga]

you only really have a heat problem on the athlon if you OC it.

 

[phsstpok]

If you are not overclocking. Just following simple basic guidelines.

1. Use an AMD recommended power supply.
2. Install at least an intake fan in the case. (An additional rear exhaust fan is even better).
3. Use of an AMD retail CPU/heatsink/fan is acceptable if you do the above AND do not overclock.
4. If you are buying an OEM CPU then you have to also buy a heatsink and fan. You might as well buy a good quality one. You do need a quality one if you plan to overclock.
5. Install the heatsink and fan properly. (See AMD's heatsink installation document at http://www1.amd.com/athlon/config).
6. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT POWER UP YOUR MOTHERBOARD unless the heatsink is attached properly and the CPU fan is connected properly.

When you do finally power-up make sure the CPU fan is actually running. If not, switch off the computer immediately and check your connections.