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Reply 20 of 22, by Tetrium

Posted on 2011-06-06, 20:33

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Personally I'd rather not be period correct when it comes to PSU's and CPU coolers, those Intel HSF's of the time were unbelievably LOUDDDddd!!

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Reply 21 of 22, by SavantStrike

Posted on 2011-06-07, 17:22

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Tetrium wrote:
Personally I'd rather not be period correct when it comes to PSU's and CPU coolers, those Intel HSF's of the time were unbelievably LOUDDDddd!!

And why not get something a bit nicer any ways. Not only is it quieter, but the chip will run cooler too.

Reply 22 of 22, by Tetrium

Posted on 2011-06-07, 19:27

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SavantStrike wrote:
Tetrium wrote:
Personally I'd rather not be period correct when it comes to PSU's and CPU coolers, those Intel HSF's of the time were unbelievably LOUDDDddd!!

And why not get something a bit nicer any ways. Not only is it quieter, but the chip will run cooler too.

Yup. Making it a habit here to use Athlon XP coolers for Pentium 3's, Pentium 3 coolers for Socket 7 (IF they fit 🤣) and Socket 7 coolers for 486 (using the wire clip) anda....northbridges??

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