Re: [opensuse] [OT] How much power does a PC really consume? On 02/16/2008 02:25 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
>
> It's been too long since I looked at energy, heat, heat conduction and
> all that (more than 20 years), but the idea of a temperature spike just
> doesn't sound right in the context of a PC.  
> Like you say, a spike shorter than a second or two just doesn't seem
> realistic.  Something to do with the amount of energy it would take to
> make a 5degree increase in temperature in such a short timespam. 
>
>   
I don't think it is a temperature spike per se, but getting too close to 
the tolerance of the transistors inside the CPU.  It is possible they 
they get close enough to the max temps at full load they go into thermal 
overload and protection circuitry inside the CPU kicks in to protect the 
processor.  All to say it may not be the board but the CPU cooling.  I 
personally thought 65 was too hot.  If the max is 70, 65 is too close 
for comfort for any sustained load.

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Joe Morris
Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.3 x86_64


