Re: Hyperthreading or not?

From: John McGaw (nowhere_at_inparticu.lar)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 07:05:15 -0400

"Rodney Chelius" <Rodney.Chelius@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:0c4801c425d9$2e681300$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> My Dell 8300 has an Intel Pentium 4, 3.00GHZ with
> Hyperthreading technology CPU. It came disabled from
> Dell. I have heard (grapevine) rumors that enabling
> hyperthreading make the CPU run hotter than when it is
> disabled. Has anyone heard or know the facts on whether a
> hyperthreading CPU runs hotter than a disabled
> hyperthreading CPU? thank you.

Just a guess, but yes, with hyperthreading enabled the chip might run a few
degrees hotter but what is the problem with that? If the system is designed
properly and has adequate airflow and a decent CPU cooler there is no
downside. Enable HT and watch the temperature and if it stays sane then you
don't have a problem. If it starts to overheat then complain to Dell about
their cheesy design and mindless cost cutting at the expense of performance
and reliability. I certainly wouldn't choose to handicap one of my systems
by disabling any performance feature. 

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