(04-07-2013, 10:46 AM)NaturalViolence Wrote:That might explain why I had an AMD Athlon die. I recall smelling an very distinct metallic melting odor, then I go to find out that the CPU got fried. I never went with AMD since, Intel I never had a single issue with and I'm glad I have one to use for Dolphin.omega_rugal Wrote:So far the only CPUs i have seen dying by themselves are old K7 Athlons (running too hot due a design flaw)
If I recall they also lacked any type of thermal management which all modern cpus have. So instead of the cpu throttling when it got too hot it would just BSOD or die. Even with constant high temperatures it's still extremely difficult to "break" a modern cpu.
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CPU: Intel Core i5 3570 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz (Turbo Boost)
GPU: MSI nVidia GTX 660 2 GB GDDR5
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CPU: Intel Core i5 3570 3.4 GHz to 3.8 GHz (Turbo Boost)
GPU: MSI nVidia GTX 660 2 GB GDDR5
RAM: 8192MB DDR3 SDRAM PC2 10600 1333MHz
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
HDD: 1 TB Western Digital 7200RPM HDD