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Athlon XP - Recommended Shutdown Temperatures?
You need at least one fan in the case besides the fan on the CPU heatsink and the power supply fan. My case has a place for an exhaust fan in back and on the bottom. I didn't install on the bottom (but that should probably be to pull air in to the case) but do have one on the back which exhausts...- designchain
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
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Athlon XP - Recommended Shutdown Temperatures?
ElijaBailey, what Nathan123 says might be true - you might have a problem with Voltage stability with the added load. If you increase the power supply capacity to 350W or 400W that might help...and it might not. The AMD datasheet says the max die temp for the part is 85C...- designchain
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- Forum: PC hardware - General discussion
