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Some details about cooling these devices would have been informative in either the article or the white paper. All I know is that my crummy consumer-grade Intel
by gradschool 3y ago
Some details about cooling these devices would have been informative
in either the article or the white paper. All I know is that my crummy
consumer-grade Intel processor thermally throttles almost instantly
under load despite a bulky liquid cooling block on top of it. What
breakthrough is going to enable a closely stacked ensemble of them
to perform acceptably without overheating?
- ajross 3y ago> All I know is that my crummy consumer-grade Intel processor thermally throttles almost instantly under load That's... the design. You have a boost clock and a sustained clock spec, and the latter is what you're guaranteed to get "under load". Usually it will do better with most parts and cooling solutions (note that the motherboard regulator hardware matters too!), but the load performance will always be "throttled". Basically you've just misunderstood. This isn't the 90's and clocks aren't fixed things. It's impossible to treat your criticism without numbers.
- ooterness 3y agoIt's not just the cooling block; little things like rough surfaces, voids in the thermal paste, or too much thermal paste can make a huge difference in the cooling performance. Tech Ingredients has some detailed discussion in the linked video ~28:20 regarding surface preparation and paste application. (Lasers not CPUs, but the principles are the same.) https://youtu.be/9VmITd0dKAo?t=1700&feature=shared https://youtu.be/9VmITd0dKAo?t=1700&feature=shared
- Night_Thastus 3y agoWithout knowing the load and what the frequency looks like over time, it's very hard to say if this is incorrect or normal behavior. As others have stated, modern Intel and AMD chips essentially boost as hard as the cooling solution will allow to eek out that last few % of performance.