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I just did that when the whole lockdown happened - built a myself a AMD 3970x workstation. It's so good I do not want to go back to work laptop in the office.
by jeff_vader 6y ago
I just did that when the whole lockdown happened - built a myself a AMD 3970x workstation. It's so good I do not want to go back to work laptop in the office.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoHow are the thermals? I'm concerned about it making my small office hot.
- hajimemash 6y agoThermals have a subtle but huge effect on my room temp. My three devices of Macbook Pro, LG Ultrafine 5K and BenQ LED desklight together seem to add an extra 5-10 degrees to my small enclosed room temp. under load.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoI notice that my macbook pro stays "warm" when plugged into my screen, even if it's closed. I think it might have something to do with powering the USB or displayport connected devices. I now unplug my computer when I'm done, which is kind of annoying.
- jeff_vader 6y agoWell.. It does have [TDP][1] of 280 watts. So if you ran it at full capacity all the time - it'd be roughly equivalent to 300 watts heater. But at that time you'd probably be more worried about the fan noise (which really depends on how you build it). Most of the time my machine is at very light load. Case exhaust is slightly warmer than ambient, but that's not a good metric. Unfortunately I do not have a power meter. I'd say heat is not a concern, but noise can be. It takes some time to figure out good fan curves to balance cpu temp vs noise. There may be some companies who do pre-built and well configured machines, but I haven't researched that at all. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_design_power