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minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 months agoThis knowledge comes in handy with marketing BS around CPU coolers. If an aftermarket cooler gets a CPU to 35C when the stock cooler is at 70C, marketing will sometimes claim it cut temperatures in half.
minus-squareRain World: Slugcat Game@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoperhaps it cuts generated temperature in half, ie idle cpu is 50C, stock 70C, and aftermarket 60C
This knowledge comes in handy with marketing BS around CPU coolers. If an aftermarket cooler gets a CPU to 35C when the stock cooler is at 70C, marketing will sometimes claim it cut temperatures in half.
perhaps it cuts generated temperature in half, ie idle cpu is 50C, stock 70C, and aftermarket 60C