Hello "PCBUILDER"'s,
I have a question concerning the installation of AMD Duron or Athlon Socket A CPU's.  I've heard through the grapevine that these cpu's are very sensitive and you could easily ruin one during the installation process.  My question is why are they so sensitive?  Is there a specific installation protocol that should be adhered to when working with these items?  How much thermal grease do you use? Is there a specific area on the the cpu that you shouldn't touch?  Are heatsinks & fans a requirement? If you run without a HS or Fan will you toast the cpu?  I have chaintech motherboard and amd duron 1.3ghz cpu that I will be putting together shortly when I pick up a case & ps for them but before I do anything I want to make sure I don't botch up the install.  Also I'm told that AMD CPUs & motherboards have specific power requirements and that you need to get power supplies that are compatible with amd specs?  Wouldn't any new atx ps fit the bill or is there special connectors involved with this that I'm not aware of.  How about ps capacity, does anyone know if brand new 350w ps work well for this application?  Also does anyone know where I can find some slot A (not socket A, slot A) amd cpu's?  Are slot a & slot 1 processors the same, could you plug a slot a cpu into a slot 1 motherboard?  Yes I know I ask alot of questions but this pcbuild group tends to find all the answers so I'll risk it. If you have any insight in these areas, please reply back. TIA...rob,wpg

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