FoulDragon@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 6/29/2005 7:16:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
> kevin@kevino.org writes:
>
>
>
>>There are a ton of flaky OEM AMD processors around, sometimes coming from
>>otherwise reputable vendors.
>
>
> o.O
>
> I've never had a processor problem with an AMD chip, even when bought from
> some of the crappiest shops in the universe (won't name names, but they're on
> Broadway right near the 101). K6-233, K6-III-333, Duron 750, Athlon 1200,
> Athlon XP 2000+, Duron 1600, all bought "bare CPU" style, at many different shops,
> and all worked fine.
>
> I think a likelier culprit is that a "fine" CPU is teamed with an
> inappropriate cooler (I have two funny stories about that shop I won't name if anyone
> cares)
>
There have been a lot of OEM Athlon XP's that have been overclocked and sold
as something they were never intended to be. I got burned by three of them in
the last year. I think most of them probably run for years without problem.
I've only seen one that wouldn't at least initially run okay at the increased
speed.
I've had good success w/ OEM Athlon's in the past, but I won't waste any time
with them any more. The 'bootleg's' have gotten too good.
- --
KevinO
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