I completely agree with t3mp14rX. Not a chance in hell that your processor fan will fall off to the degree that they depicted in that AVI. The new Athlon XP models offer lower power consumption (Less heat buildup) and do have some form of thermal protection. Supposedly the one in the AVI failed and hence the CPU failed to shutdown.
Only bad thing I did to a poor unfortunate AMD chip was I crushed the die while putting on a heavy duty fan and heatsink (Thermoengine, you know, the ones that are like a cheese grater on the bottom and have parafin wax through the centre to aid with cooling...).
What people fail to realise is that now that AMD and Intel have stopped producing CPUs based on the same architecture, CPU speed does not give a fair comparison. AMD proved this with their Ahlon XP model. The XP 1800+ runs at 1.53GHz yet performs at, if not above the level of a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz.
However, those that are Intel fans, keep your eyes on the new Pentium III Tualatin as it performs great, and the updated Pentium 4 Core (Northwood) drastically improves their performance.
Multi Processors = Go Intel! (AMD MP's suck donkey's balls)
Single Processors = Go AMD!
Bently
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