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A Pentium 4 worked much better for heating than an Athlon.
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
A Pentium 4 worked much better for heating than an Athlon.
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoAthlon Thunderbirds were notorious for reaching insane temperatures without any form of thermal throttling -- an uncooled Thunderbird will destroy itself without cooling. The Pentium 4, on the other hand, will throttle down and often keep running if you take the heat sink off. I guess it's a matter of how efficiently you can cool the CPU with pool water. If you're able to keep the P4 below whatever limit it has for thermal throttling then I suspect it will, indeed, be a winner. If not, a Thunderbird will happily boil away the enire pool if given a chance.