[geeks] anyone know about this? 72-core, 48GB computer?

[velociraptor]

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:
>
> Maybe I am just chicken, but I don't really want to install the CPU
> myself.  I suppose it might not be as bad as it was in the P4 days
> though.

It's really not that bad now.  The CPUs drop right in these days, and
the heat sinks attachments are better designed if you go Intel (no
!#%^* clips, just screws through the top down to the backing plate
behind the mobo).  Unfortunately, AMD still has those !#%^* clips.

=Nadine=