[geeks] anyone know about this? 72-core, 48GB computer?

[Phil Stracchino]

velociraptor wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
>> Maybe I am just chicken, but I don't really want to install the CPU
>> myself.  I suppose it might not be as bad as it was in the P4 days
>> though.
> 
> It's really not that bad now.  The CPUs drop right in these days, and
> the heat sinks attachments are better designed if you go Intel (no
> !#%^* clips, just screws through the top down to the backing plate
> behind the mobo).  Unfortunately, AMD still has those !#%^* clips.

I thought AMD boards used bolt-through heat sink mounts now, too....


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