Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> [What's it made of? Lead??]
>>
>> Silicon, mostly. a few threads of gold, maybe a ceramic outer case, 
>> with  a very small possibility of a heat-conducting metal pad. :D
> 
> AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+?

That, too.

> Have you *seen* the heat sink??

He was talking about the little metal pad on the top of the CPU. The 
one, that connects the CPU to the heat sink.

> It's bigger than the damn CPU - by at least an order of magnitude!

Yes. OTOH, my C2D T5600's heat sink is 'bout same size as the CPU 
itself. It's connected to 'bout same-sized radiator with heat pipes. 
Then again, it's installed in a laptop...

> I'm presuming the whole thing is encased in solid metal to promote heat 
> dissapation or something...

The heat sink usually is one part of solid metal. But it's still is it's 
own part and not part of the CPU.

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