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From: Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
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Subject: Re: Router Purchase - the bottom line
To: jsuter@intrastar.net (Jacob Suter)
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> > If you get the ADZ variant of the Am5x86 (as opposed to the ADW),
> you
> > will find out that not only do you not need a fan, but you also
> don't
> > need a heat sink.
> 
> I am running the ADZ here on the servers.  I overclock them to 40mhz,
> running them at 160 MHz instead of 133 MHz.
> 
> Eats a P100 in most tests, but requires the systems to have heat
> sink/fans.  they get too hot for my liking without the fan (just the
> heat sink) even at 133.  

Hmm..  The ones I have run at about room temperature with nothing at all
on them.

> Even at 160 tho, they are rock stable, run cool (with a good
> fan/heatsink), and SPEEDS...
>  
> > I put a heat sink on anyways but it does not need it.  I just like
> to
> > be safe.
> 
> Yeah.  I'm one of those "the cooler the better" people.  heat grease,
> fast fans and big heat sinks are my friends :)

Well I hope you don't burn them out :-(

... JG