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The Problem is that both the cooling and the power supply both work with one simple number, and we have to know what the CPU needs in order to put it in a syste
by ant6n 8y ago
The Problem is that both the cooling and the power supply both work with one simple number, and we have to know what the CPU needs in order to put it in a system.
- magila 8y agoIt's easy to make an Intel CPU stay within the limits of a particular power supply and cooling system by setting PL1 and PL2 appropriately. It's a Heisenberg's uncertainty sort of situation. You can fix frequency and get variable power dissipation, or fix power and get variable frequency, but you can't really fix both at the same time. Enthusiast users building desktop systems tend to massively over-provision both power supply and cooling anyways so it's usually not an issue.
- ant6n 8y agoSilent PC enthusiasts like to not ridiculously over-provision power and cooling, and they want to know to what extend they can run a system fanless. And if you don't want to spend money, you don't want to over-provision either.