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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by Filligree on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:35AM (#22383823)
They are, but I'm not physically in the USA. At any rate, isn't a computer case basically a Faraday cage?

The frequencies are up in the microwave band, so I can't imagine there's much range.

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Re:AMD Threadripper 3970X under heavy AVX2 load: Defective b... by wyldfire on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:42AM (#22383882)
> computer case basically a Faraday cage?

If it was designed well ;)

But that's only effective for addressing radiated emissions, not conducted ones.

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