[aclug-L] Re: Walmart $200 PC

[flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx]

>       Does this chip have a CPU fan?  In my experience, some of the
> cheaper generic fans that come with too many of these motherboards/CPU
> combinations have a effective life of a mayfly, before they get real
> noisy or go bad.  I have had bad luck with recent ASUS boards and the
> stupid chipset fans than come on these things.  Another bad idea seen a
> lot now is video cards with little fans on them.
>
> I would be somewhat worried at this price point about the quality of
> the components in the box.  I guess if it got noisy or flakey, you
> could throw the whole unit away.


>       Does this chip have a CPU fan?  In my experience, some of the
> cheaper generic fans that come with too many of these motherboards/CPU
> combinations have a effective life of a mayfly, before they get real
> noisy or go bad.  I have had bad luck with recent ASUS boards and the
> stupid chipset fans than come on these things.  Another bad idea seen a
> lot now is video cards with little fans on them.
>
> I would be somewhat worried at this price point about the quality of
> the components in the box.  I guess if it got noisy or flakey, you
> could throw the whole unit away.

The biggest selling point on the C3 processor is that it runs very cool,
and thus does not require a cooling fan at all.  The retail boxes
reportedly ship with just a heatsink.
-- Jonathan



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