Which amd cpu is the coldest?

You know that 'heat' and 'hot' is different to thermal output yes?
How hot a cpu runs depends on its thermal output and how good its cooling is.

If you want to reduce or minimise the thermal output then do the following:

Find the slowest speeds of the late Tbred B and Barton batch cpu's...

The XP1700+/1800+/2200+ Tbred B (if you can find one) or the XP2500+ barton.

You may also find that such chips will also run just fine at Below their default voltage, which will further improve temp's by lowering the thermal output.

e.g. My TbredA XP1700+ had a stock voltage of 1.5v, but would do 1.4v very stable.

And finally, you will want a Big-Ass copper heatsink to dissapate the heat, and preferably a large sloq and quiet 80mm or 92mm fan ontop.

MCX-462U, SLK900 vantec Aero are all good heatsinks that immediately come to mind.




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newegg carries moblie athlon xps...45w thermal disipation IIRC (thats about on par with a 1ghz coppermine).

BTW they will work fine in a standard athlon board


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Go with the xp2500, they are cheap and cool. Buy a retail version, as the included fan is very good and ultra quiet.

People having heat problems with an XP1800+ will almost certainly be using older Palomino Core chips. A New XP1800+ chip today will probably be a thoroughbred 'B' core which is far cooler running.

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The 2500 Barton is on my whish list... would need an new cooler... maybe. Have an old Taisol cgk760 unmodified.

Anyway... doesn't look like I'm going to get an answear to my question. THG should focus more on heat and noise factors

Well thats not a nice comment.
I gave you lots of info and you say its not good enough.

The cpu thats the coldest is the one cooled by liquid nitrogen!

You can make it as cool (and as quiet) as you want!

Liquid nitrogen, dry ice, vapochill, watercooling then aircooling.




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If you want a quiet PC, you're going to have to spend some money... whether you want to hear that or not is irrelevant. There are many PC cases and power supplies on the market that are marked as 'quiet'. THG has done a review on a few of these, as a matter of fact. You'll just have to do a bit of digging around in the older articles.

A large copper heatsink is important if you plan on running a relatively fast CPU... that way you can get a large fan that doesn't spin as fast. Another alternative is, of course, water cooling.

Either way, to get a 'quiet' PC, you're going to have to spend a little more money than you would on a normal PC.

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