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myself248yesterday at 6:29 PM1 replyview on HN

Upgrading and Repairing PCs 4th edition even says directly, that some shady resellers will put a heatsink on a chip that they're running beyond spec, but that Intel designs all their processors to run at rated speed without one.


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SoftTalkeryesterday at 7:51 PM

I've never seen a Xeon without a heat sink, I don't believe they are designed to run without one.

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