[jaydee]

Originally posted by hara
The original XP is about ~11.5 x 11.7mm
The Tbred 'B' is about ~ 12 x 7 mm

The thunderbird core is more prone to cracking than a new XP (Paly or TBRED) regardless of their size. Seems as if AMD strengthed the core physically

Original XP1600+ On left, T-bred XP1700+ on the right.




I am not an expert on core crushing as the only core I ever crushed/cracked was intentional. Which was that Duron 600. Wanted to see what would go first, the core or the mobo.