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- From: csmith@plains.NoDak.edu (Carl Smith)
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- Subject: Re: 486 CPU KOOLERS FOR SALE
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- Date: 5 Nov 92 06:20:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov05.024950.15606@kksys.com> gk@kksys.com (Greg Kemnitz) writes:
- >I really am open to considering the alternative viewpoint. But please back
- >it with specifics that show that the problem exists, not merely that it
- >COULD exist.
-
- It is a known fact that the cooler a semiconductor device runs, the longer
- it will last. The question is if the extended life will be of use to you.
- If you are planning on keeping your PC for only 3 years and it will last
- 4 or 5 with no CPU cooler, why spend the money to extend it's life to
- 7 or 8 years? I believe that this is the case for most of the PC's, which
- end up in use by businesses and are replaced in short order.
-
- But the majority of readers of this group who would consider buying
- a cooler for our PC are probably installing it on a personal machine
- at home, and intend on keeping the machine for more than a few short
- years. Then long term reliability must be considered.
-
- Look at it this way. About a year ago I spent $3200 for a good quality
- 486/33 system. If the cooler is $30, that is less than one percent of
- the cost of the system. If it extends the life of my system by more
- than 1%, then it pays for itself. And since it is my own system at home,
- and I intend on keeping it for a good long time (that's why I got a 486/33,
- so it wouldn't be obsolete so fast) it is very likely that it will get
- to an age where long term heat problems may cause failure. In short, in
- this situation, I think that the $30 is worth the extended life.
-
- I guess a more meaningful calculation would be to use the price
- of the CPU. Grabbing the first (and probably overpriced) catalog
- on my desk, I see they want $500 for a 486/33 (that seems a high, but
- I'll use that number as an example). So $30 for a cooler is 6% of the
- price of the CPU, so if it extends the CPU's life by more than 6%, it
- has paid for itself in economical terms. (And I am sure that it will
- extend the life by at least 6%). But again, this only matters if
- you plan on keeping your PC long enough that long term heat induced
- problems might occur. I do...
-