RE: Cyrix cooling (Re: RH5.2 won't install on Cyrix)

Michael Loftis (zop12@mindless.com)
Fri, 5 Mar 1999 16:45:00 -0700 (MST)


On Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:15:46 -0600 (CST) rct@gherkin.sa.wlk.com
(Bob_Tracy) wrote:

> On the plus side, my machine has been stable for well over a year
> after
> taking all the measures described above. Bottom line: the Cyrix
> will
> work fine for you, but you absolutely HAVE to pay attention to the
> heat
> issue or it will eat your lunch. I can envision environments where
> a
> Peltier cooler would be necessary... A year ago when I was
> seriously
> looking into such things, they could be had for around US $30.

The peltier on my overclocked (P-100->P-166) cost me $17. I don't
necessarily need it but it's better than frying the CPU ;)

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