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Unscientific heat stress test of an Athlon 64
Posted: 2005-06-13 06:55pm
by Uraniun235
Still fun to read about, though.
"How Hot is Too Hot?"
A full 6 minutes of encoding later, I'd hit 106C, yet the video was still encoding at 25-30 FPS each time I ran it. No performance decrease at all, and still no stability issues. Mp3's were still playing just fine, too.
TEMPERATURE: 106 Degrees Centigrade / 222.8 degrees Fahrenheit
Posted: 2005-06-13 07:37pm
by Arrow
Hehe, at work we've got an A/D chip that routinely runs at 100 C, and is rated up to 140 C. The first time we ran the chip, we hadn't yet read the temperature specs, and went "OH SHIT" upon seeing the temperature reading and pulled the plug!
Posted: 2005-06-13 08:29pm
by General Zod
how is it that this person's case has not yet begun to melt?
Posted: 2005-06-13 08:30pm
by tumbletom
Wow these things get pretty hot--You could cook something in there
. I'd try fish.....
Cookie for reference
Posted: 2005-06-13 09:49pm
by Arrow
I still like the egg cooker heatsink!
Posted: 2005-06-14 04:08am
by Ace Pace
I'd rather go for Tomshardware.com stress test.