On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 08:00:29PM +0100, Thomas Michael Wanka wrote:
> 
> Running a distributed.net client a celeron 500 "boxed" with Intels 
> heatsink/fan/thermalcompound the Celeron500 will have more than 
> 60-70C, removing the thermal compound will result in about 5-7C 
> less and using a USD 5,-- thermal paste will reduce another 7-10C 

Uh, that's a load of crap.  If you think the temperature is "less"
when you remove the thermal compound it's only because more heat
STAYS ON THE DIE and less of it reaches the temperature sensor -- in
other words, a *lower* measured temperature means that you made things
worse, not better.