Sick of hearing about AMD Heat problems!!!!

There are no heat problems with AMD processors. This idea is a figment of a few peoples imaginations who feed this fake info to the masses. AMD processors are rated up to 90 degress Celcius. There normal operating temperature is a little higher than that of a P3, but that doesnt mean its a heat problem. Sure if you misplace or incorrectly install a heatsink you could fry your CPU, same thing would happen to any other 7th generation chip. Quit telling people who may want to buy AMD chips that they have heat problems because that is completely FALSE!!!!!!

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Like wusy said. AMD and Intel cpu's both get flakey around 55C. And both are rated to 90C. That's the maximum temp before the chip frys, but NOT the max stable temp! If AMD puts out more heat LET THE WORLD KNOW, at least that way they'll know enought to get a better heatsink!

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Besides that fact, every single case of someone frying their chip has been the result of overclocking. Every single heat problem (i.e. over 55) has been the result of overclocking. Some chips were never made to be overclocked, so when they get their voltages cranked up, they accumulate heat, thats just the way it goes. Me? I have an 800 running at 950 with 1.8v and my idle temp is around 44 with the maximum temp I have ever gotten was 51. I know their are a lot more people like me than their are who to the contrary.

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<font color=blue>Intel Inside</font color=blue> = Idiot Outside

hehe, good way of putting it, im not gonna name any names, but some people's nics plainly decribe their past results.

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<font color=blue>Intel Inside</font color=blue> = Idiot Outside

i think anyone frying their chips deserves to have to buy another one. but that's the price some people are willing to pay to learn how far is too far.

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Leave the heatsink off for a 2 minutes. and tell us there is no heat problem. Thanks

I scrolled back for post about "Antec" HSF and PSU tat have failed. Cant remember the name but they said antec failed and CPU fried.

Ok AMD is best value for money but what happens when the fan gets old and quits? Fans are mechanical and will usually go bad way before electronics do. Some socket mobos have temp sensing but how does a slot Athlon mobo sense temp? I work on computers for a living and when those fans quit CPUs bake. Mostly the chip we have the most trouble with are Cyrix. Cyrix sucks. Do AMD mobos have fan rpm sensors? AMD is good but why can’t they spend a lousy few cents on a thermal sensor? Especially since you even admit that they generate more heat. If they don’t want to do that then they could spec sensors on AMD approved mobos.

Just had a friend ask me to go computer shopping and I recommended she buy an AMD BUT I also told her to be careful and make sure the mobo has some sort of heat or rpm sensor.

Don't be gay.... who the hell runs their computer without a heatsink and fan? Also, try doing that to a P3. If it didn't have that thermal protectoin thing it would do that too. So technically every processor has a heat problem.

You can say whatever you want, regardless of what processor is better performance wise, the Athlon TBird 1GHz draws 54watts at maximum usage, whereas the P3 1GHz only draws something like 35. I personally own a TBird, but if you're talking heat, Tbirds run a hell of a lot hotter and draw more power...that's why you don't see any Athlon notebooks floating around. I may like AMDs processors right now, but they sure have some work to do on the power consumation.

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if you're looking for help here you don't need to worry about whether or not you should be owning a computer.

it sounds like a temp problem. a couple of ideas.
1. make sure you take off the factory thermal paste or whatever came on it. get some artic silver or something comparable and use that instead.
2. you HAVE to make sure the heatsink is ABSOLUTELY level on top of the die. i had problems with my chrome orb until i did (1.) and (2.)

the paste that came on the orb was so thick that the heatsink couldn't be mounted level and it interfered with the heat transfer. let us know if that helps.

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Dont buy AMD. i 've compared around 10 of my friends laptop sony,hp,dell

laptop with AMD is bad...heat and kicks off the fan always...in high performance / Recommand mode of vista.

Always read lots lots of review of your laptop model before buying...

Always check the date of the thread before posting....

No, they don't deserver to build a computer. Those who don't build can get buy with the following list in order of descending PC knowledge:

Gateway
HP
Dell
EMachines

One of the reasons I stick with AMD is I'm old fashioned, I like pins on my CPU and prefer the style of heatsink used on AMD platforms, but then again, I don't overclock. If I did, I would not use a stock heatsink.

A good case definitely affects temps too. A bad case does so as well, but in the other direction.

If the economy picks up, I might build an Intel system just to get into the modern pins on the motherboard age. I still remember when I started out building my own, and the 386SX CPU was soldered to the motherboard. Easy upgrades there.

Ah, the days of Star Control II, Elder Scrolls: Arena, Might and Magic World of Xeen and Legends of Arkania: Startrail!

Damn, I was conveniently reading the thread without even noticing it's almost 8 years old. I should have get it when they were talking about Pentium 3 1GHz lol

I started reading and got to the third or fourth post before I notice seen Crashman's pic then looked at the date.
This will really through you guys, I think one of the best games I ever played was SNK Baseball Stars on the old Nintendo. Came out in 1989.

Wow I remember this. Well at least the high heat thing with the older AMD CPUs (pre A64).

But wow. Necroed from hell. I was still in hgihschool when this thread started and the internet was not as big. Or did the bubble just pop?

Yes! On Jan. 1 the calendar will secretly reset to 2001 and you will have to repeat the last 8 years all over again. Geo. Bush will occupy the Whitehouse on Jan. 20 all over again, and about 2 years later we will invade Iraq, and 4 years after that the economy will go belly-up.

Have a nice day

Wake up and come into the real world? Amd cpu's do have have heat issues with poorly fitted coolers or some dumb ass sli ing 3 cards in a case with poor cooling and air flow yes granted in those cases it is a problem.

But to say a few people what room are you hiding in? Thousand of complaints not a few even as a amd user myself im sure they wont divulged the real number of complaints they receive.

And i hate to say it but most heat problem arise from poor motherboards, poor cooling and gullible people believing every bench test result or review they read.

In the real world where we deal will hundreds of pc repairs a months nearly every hardware fault with a amd is thermal of cheap crappy boards but they are not a few.

Dont believe your own legend, and never let facts get in the way of truth how dare we lol

SOME MOD LOCK THIS NECRO THREAD!

*** man.. my house caught fire.. it's that AMD CPU heat problems fault I swear!

This is going to sound really mean but you really need to take English lessons. Yes, I am being quite honest here... your English is *dreadful*.

I myself am French... btw.