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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by jotm on Thursday March 29, 2018 @06:41PM (#16711836)
That was for AMDs, and I believe by the time of Pentium 4, even Athlons had thermal safeties. I remember quick testing (see if it powers on) Pentium 3s, Celerons and P4s without the heatsink - they even managed to boot Windows before shutting down lol. Same for GPUs.
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Re:'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real ... by slededit on Thursday March 29, 2018 @06:47PM (#16711888)
I managed to melt one by incorrectly applying a heatsink. Years later we did some "experiments" on an old P4 to test the cooling capabilities of scotch. It's not effective FYI.
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