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> a conservative base rate Do you use windows? I find that with windows the fan is always spinning, even if at low speed. While with linux most of the times i

by guappa 3y ago

> a conservative base rate Do you use windows? I find that with windows the fan is always spinning, even if at low speed. While with linux most of the times it is not spinning at all.

lostlogin 3y ago
I’m on a Mac - and for the first time a computer I can’t hear (it’s a model with a fan).
- guappa 3y ago
  Mac tend to run hot to be more silent. I had to throttle my CPU in my macbook or it would shutdown for overheating while compiling. I don't consider that a feature.
  - jamespo 3y ago
    sounds like an intel mac
whywhywhywhy 3y ago
In windows my CPU fan is always spinning although silently in my experience but my case fans spin down. ASUS motherboard Noctua fans if that makes a difference.
fennecbutt 3y ago
>Do you use windows In a desktop the motherboard controls the fans unless you have an alternative like fan control installed, so not windows. In a laptop it's either still the motherboard, or a specific chip used to manage the fans and other peripherals (ie for Dell/XPS it's locked out of bios control and you need to use Dell's special software to adjust it; Fuck You, Dell!), so still not Windows.
- guappa 3y ago
  Well a basic windows install will keep the CPU more occupied than a basic linux install, when both are idle. This reflects in the CPU being hotter, which reflects in the fan spinning more.