Re:AMD CEO: The Next Challenge Is Energy Efficiency
by naoru on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @06:45AM
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Anecdotally, I use a CPU from an aliexpress mystery seller in my desktop machine. It's a i9-9980HK with about 40W TDP...
Which I unlocked to ~300W and installed a water cooling system.
It can idle at around 5W, but a synthetic load (e. g. prime95) quickly makes it draw full 300W and then throttle a bit. Fun stuff, definitely wouldn't do it again due to enormous strain on the PSU and an unreasonably high power draw relative to performance.
Which I unlocked to ~300W and installed a water cooling system.
It can idle at around 5W, but a synthetic load (e. g. prime95) quickly makes it draw full 300W and then throttle a bit. Fun stuff, definitely wouldn't do it again due to enormous strain on the PSU and an unreasonably high power draw relative to performance.