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Prescott Vs. Northwood: An Insight

We couldn't resist: Because the Prescott core is quite controversial for its high heat dissipation, we decided to remove the heat spreader. Well, our findings from this little excursion were surprising - we found that the heat spreader is attached firmly to the die, and so our investigation resulted in killing the processor. Our recommendation to users is: Do not try this yourself.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.