Unscientific heat stress test of an Athlon 64

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-06-13 06:55pm

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

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-06-13 07:37pm

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!

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-06-13 08:29pm

how is it that this person's case has not yet begun to melt?

tumbletom · Post by **tumbletom** » 2005-06-13 08:30pm

Wow these things get pretty hot--You could cook something in there

. I'd try fish.....

Cookie for reference

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-06-13 09:49pm

I still like the egg cooker heatsink!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-06-14 04:08am

I'd rather go for Tomshardware.com stress test.