Re:Intel NUC as a back end for development
by isoprophlex on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @10:56AM
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The default fan settings of those nucs are dumb.
You want to set the cpu total power draw a bit lower, the fan onset temp lower (i know, sounds paradoxical) and the ramp rate in %fan/degree lower.
This means:
- cpu runs less hot at some performance hit. You'd have to be able to live with that. Maybe this works without reducing power draw (I'm neurotical about components getting too hot so I happily accept that)
- fan starts spinning sooner, but slowly, before things get too hot
- fan doesn't abruptly start making noise upon heat increase
You want to set the cpu total power draw a bit lower, the fan onset temp lower (i know, sounds paradoxical) and the ramp rate in %fan/degree lower.
This means:
- cpu runs less hot at some performance hit. You'd have to be able to live with that. Maybe this works without reducing power draw (I'm neurotical about components getting too hot so I happily accept that)
- fan starts spinning sooner, but slowly, before things get too hot
- fan doesn't abruptly start making noise upon heat increase