About voiding AMDs warranty.

[fixer762]

Ok I just bought an 8350 8 core and started reading that quick guide/ warranty paper. It says no aftermarket heat sinks and stock heat sink only or the 3 year warranty is void.

WTH???? Who wants to use that sad stock heat sink? Besides how will they know if I used their heatsink or someone elses?

What gives with these outrageous warranty conditions when the after market heat sinks are usually way better and perform sometimes twice as well as the stock one? Is it that some after market heat sinks are too heavy and can damage the chip? Why can't they just honor the 3 year warranty and have a list of after market heat sinks from the tons of brands out there that are approved for warranty? What is with the restrictions on how I can cool my Cpu?

 

[GhislainG]

They won't know what HSF was installed, but they might be able to determine if you overclocked it and increased the voltage enough to damage it.

 

[logainofhades]

They will never know what HSF you used. As long as you don't get crazy on voltage and fry your chip, they won't even know if it was overclocked. Chips rarely die. Just keep temps and voltages in check.

 

[fixer762]

I wasn't even going to overclock it. I just want to use a better after market heat sink to keep it cooler and have it last longer.

 

[GhislainG]

Even with the stock HSF, it will last longer than you'll want to keep it. I'm pretty sure that you'll no longer use it in 10 years or more.

 

[fixer762]

Well seeing as I'm using my second computer that is at least 10 years old, I think I may use this one for that length of time as well. I hope not though.

Specs of ancient computer

SOme old ECS motherboard.
AMD 2400+ @ 2ghz Single core socket A (462)
1 gb of Ram 266mhz (2x512mb)
Ati X850 256mb g-card agp interface
2 hdds a 160gb and a 40gb both IDE
DVD rom/cd-rw IDE drive
Running Windows XP sp3

Yes it still works and it has been through one power supply which blew a capacitor.

 

[GhislainG]

The CPU in your old computer probably is good for another 10 years, but the motherboard may not last as long unless high quality capacitors were used.