price) which has built in thermal protection for the processor? 4) Would you pay 70+ extra dollars to solve a problem that any computer literate moron could solve? feel free to reply... mainly people who have an issue with AMD's thermal protection "problem"...

special" process. I even used a stock hsf. To date the only problem I have had was with one particular game, Rogue Spear, would lock up after a few minutes of playing. I knew this wasn't a platform problem as I could play Ureal Tournament for hours with...

But out of all the friends I have that own AMDs (6 people or so), none of us has lost any. And yes, we all overclock. The P4 of course has the best thermal protection. Under normal circumstances (by which I mean you install the heatsink correctly and don't...

By now you're probably wishing you had asked more questions first! I'll tell ya right now that the KT3 Ultra will support PC2700 no problem. It has the Via KT333 chipset, which supports DDR333. In terms of the SiS 745 chipset being inferior to the KT333,...

chipset to thank for that. Thermal protection problems are a bit more significant but not major. It's reached the point that decent thermal protection is a basic staple of any new AthlonXP motherboard. I can love my fellow man...but I'm damned if I'll...

Asus C.O.P as safe as P4's thermal protection?!. Hi, I was wondering if Asus C.O.P for AthlonXP CPU's is completely as safe as the thermal protection of the Pentium 4 (it's thermal throttle feature), which is build into the processor as opposed to AthlonXP...

to increased HSF needed. It is over spec for rating of retaining bracket. Kinda funny how the quick fix for one problem becomes another problem. AMD should spend some money and correct the thermal problem. PSU is not much of an issue anymore since its...

all i got was this lousy signature. Flame bait for monday? There is thermal protection. You need a motherboard that supports it. Motherboard monitor also works wonders. God Bless America! flame bait huh, no. i know about the motherboard protection,...

Do any AMD CPUs have Thermal Protection. I am thinking of buying an AMD processor for my next system. I know that the Duron's don't have Thermal Protection but to the Thunderbird or faster Athlon's have Thermal Protection? Thanks in Advance....Chris. I...