My experience is pretty much the opposite.
GPU cores are very durable but the VRMs and caps often have poor quality.
I've also lost a lot of graphics cards due to flexing which can be fixed by baking the cards.

i have an Aopen AX3SU with a 1.4ghz Tualatin -S 512k cpu installed
i never checked the temperature tho.. i've got a aftermarket thermaltake volcano cooler on it

it runs on the 815E chipset +i remember i did have to update the bios for it to take the tualatin cpu
it was kind of a pain in the ass but works like a champ now.
i think this cpu is amazing for the proccessing its capable of with such little electrical cost.

I don't have a single decent Tualatin compatible cooler.

The Tualatin is slightly taller, so if you use a standard S370 cooler, the tension can be so much that the latches on the socket snap off. Happened to me.

So you can loosen the tension by bending the mounting lever a little bit. That works quite well.

Hm, there should be a way to reinforce these latches. 😐

Arctic wrote:

Hm, there should be a way to reinforce these latches. 😐

I don't think this is possible.

Best way to go is to bend the mounting lever a bit so it stresses the latches less. Additionally I always try to use a HSF with a mounting lever that uses 2 or all 3 latches as I found the HSF's that only use a single one, tend to break a lot easier.

philscomputerlab wrote:

I don't have a single decent Tualatin compatible cooler.

The Tualatin is slightly taller, so if you use a standard S370 cooler, the tension can be so much that the latches on the socket snap off. Happened to me.

So you can loosen the tension by bending the mounting lever a little bit. That works quite well.

I actually had a single original Intel Tualatin HSF, it had a plastic thingy that would fit on all 3 latches, but in my very first attempt to mount that Intel HSF, the plastic thingy itself broke, it seemed very poorly made (or at least it's not very durable).

And another thing I do is to mix and match metal mounting levers with different HSF's so the height becomes less of an issue (I got tons of old HSF's so mixing them up isn't much of an issue for me).

I have one Tualatin clip which came with a Compaq Deskpro EN. It was very awkward to use though, and ironically, I broke a socket from attempting to use it. Installation wasn't a problem, it was removal that was tricky. It got hung up on the lip of the latches and once that happens you're screwed. In that position it quickly snapped the middle one off.

I finally took one of my lesser Athlon heatsinks (which I never expect to use for an Athlon) and bent it to be safe for socket-370. It's design makes it easy to install with a screwdriver without any slip ups. It's nice and soft now, maybe softer than it needs to be but that's fine by me. It has all the cooling those chips ever need and I don't think I'll break any more sockets with it. I wish I had done that a long time ago, it's better than anything else I tried to use.

I've never found a 3 latch heatsink clip that wasn't extemely overtight for a 370. Every one I've seen is clearly meant for Athlon socket-A, but they could still be bent of course.

The tip with 3 latched coolers is good.

When working on a test bench, I now just use a normal S7 cooler and put a 120 mm fan onto. It's very convenient and does the job 😊

philscomputerlab wrote:

I don't have a single decent Tualatin compatible cooler.

The Tualatin is slightly taller, so if you use a standard S370 cooler, the tension can be so much that the latches on the socket snap off. Happened to me.

So you can loosen the tension by bending the mounting lever a little bit. That works quite well.

Or you can de-lid the Tualatin.

De-lidding here would give better cooling performance. Mind you, this isn't always the case, but definitely so with Tualatin.

That's an option. I prefer to leave the processor as is though. Just a personal preference.