K5 - 166 & Heatsink

[phat boy]

I've just got hold of an old AMD K5 166mhz with motherboard, RAM etc and plan to build a machine to teach myself Linux on. Anyways, the processor has come with a heatsink and fan but it doesn't clip on very well and I'm not convinced it would stay put.

I was wondering that due to the relatively slow clock speed (compared with todays 2ghz beasts) is it really necessary to to fit an heatsink and fan at all.

Your pearls of wisdom are greatly appreciated.

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--- A. Whitney Brown

[Talek]

Even though it's at a lower clock speed, it's also designed with a higher micron process, probobly .25, which means it'll still be a hot lil bugger. You'll want at least a heatsink on it.

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[Hateslife]

A machine that old likely doesn't require a fan. A heatsink is definitely something you need on any pentium class machine.

Of course, calling the K5 "pentium-class" is -really- stretching it

Edit: if it came with a fan, my god man, use it. Computer manufacturers don't put in ANYTHING extra. Especially in a budget machine like a K5...

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[This message has been edited by Hateslife (edited September 19, 2001).]

[phat boy]

I'm not sure if it did come with it. A friend worked at a local college over the summer and these were some bits that they were getting rid of.

Incidentally this college runs Win 2K on K2-166s. Bet they run fast.

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"Our bombs are smarter than the average high
school student. At least they can find Kuwait."
--- A. Whitney Brown