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Maybe my memory is a bit hazy, but wasn't this already possible with the Athlon processors since ~2001?
by SunlitCat 2y ago
Maybe my memory is a bit hazy, but wasn't this already possible with the Athlon processors since ~2001?
- BearOso 2y agoYeah, the sub-1GHz Athlon and Durons were 1999, so this article is a little late.
- IndrekR 2y ago1999 was first gen, Slot A based. Second generation (Thunderbird) Socket A based Athlons (and Durons) described here were released 2000.
- SunlitCat 2y agoHah! Was it 2000 already! Got one in 2001 and I was so proud of my AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1400 that I even accepted that loud noise from the cooler I used. Although in hindsight, the money I spend for that luxury would have been better invested in other stuff, improving my life a bit more then a loud and noisy airplane turbine.
- BearOso 2y agoYep. I had a Slot A. You literally just plugged the whole HSF/CPU into the motherboard like an expansion card. Modern PC builders would be perplexed.