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The End of an Athlon
37 points by userbinator 2 hours ago | 4 comments
Aurornis 18 minutes ago
Hardcore builders will remove the lid of their CPU to get the best possible thermal contact. The performance improvement is very small and not worth it but the bragging rights are fun. Unless you destroy the chip while delidding it, that is.
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jdiff 15 minutes ago
The article mentions this, but this was before CPUs had lids. When delidding a CPU, you have to be very careful not to crack the silicon die that you are applying force directly to. In the case of this Athlon, even care wasn't enough.
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8cvor6j844qw_d6 22 minutes ago
Is it ever fixable assuming one had unlimited money and wants to fix instead of rebuy?
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jdiff 17 minutes ago
You'd need unlimited money and hyperadvanced future technology. There's just no way to get things lined up and no way to reconnect any of it and no way to reclaim or reattach any of the tiny bits of silicon that preferred to become dust rather than take sides.
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