What Ever Happened To...

[VashTheStampede]

I was looking into rebuilding my old P3 550E system, only to realize someone had swipped the HSF off of it without telling me. So I placed an order with my wholesaler for an Artic Cooler socket 370/A HSF, since it was either that or CoolerMaster or generic. I just wanted to test the thing out.

Bring it home to realize how huge the sucker is, won't fit on my socket 370 due to the capacitors, or whatever those cylinder things are called, around the socket. So I pull up my old Socket 7 board, pull off the CoolerMaster HSF that was on it and I noticed something about the AMD K6-2, it has this heat shield or built-on heatplate or something. With a lot of elbow grease and a small flat bladed screwdriver, I managed to get the Artic Cooler to sit on the K6-2, nice tight fit.

Anyway, I was wondering whatever happened to those heat shield/plate things that I saw on my old K6-2? Were they not that all effective?

~RT~

[dimmreaper]

Originally posted by Would71
Wouldn't that be nice if they made Palominos with the "organic" carrier package and that old-style heat spreader on top, but made out of copper or silver? :D (believe me, I'd settle for copper in a heartbeat) Palominos will transition to OPGA a bit after they are relesed. OPGA=organic pin grid array.

In other words: Rather than the PGA being ceramic, they will be made of an organic resin.

I know these things, because I'm a hardware site Editor, and have access to AMD roadmaps, and inside documents and such :)

[VashTheStampede]

Not sure what this heat spreader is made out of, if I had to guess either aluminum or silver, most likely aluminum. As for today, I would go with a full copper heat spreader with a silver coating, like the Alaska Silver Mountain HSF, not only gives you that tiny bit more of conductivity, but also looks cool.

~RT~

[dimmreaper]

Originally posted by RedneckTech
Not sure what this heat spreader is made out of, if I had to guess either aluminum or silver, most likely aluminum. As for today, I would go with a full copper heat spreader with a silver coating, like the Alaska Silver Mountain HSF, not only gives you that tiny bit more of conductivity, but also looks cool.

~RT~ Copper base Silver alloys of 3/16" thickness would be more realistic.

[Treker]

Originally posted by dimmreaper
Palominos will transition to OPGA a bit after they are relesed. OPGA=organic pin grid array.

In other words: Rather than the PGA being ceramic, they will be made of an organic resin.

I know these things, because I'm a hardware site Editor, and have access to AMD roadmaps, and inside documents and such :)

Yeah, I heard that from looking around the web :)

-Trek