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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by fbdab103 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:45AM (#35353117)
How much cooling does a laptop specced processor require? Presumably they are already engineered to run at lower power (<20 watts) and have severe thermal throttling by default.
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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by progval on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @02:46AM (#35353521)
The Odroid-H3 <https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3-plus/> has a laptop-grade CPU, consuming 10-20W, and is passively cooled; so it seems doable.
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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by pb82 on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:28AM (#35354217)
Framework uses 28W (TDP) class CPUs on their Intel boards. Better cooling would allow better boosting behaviour. Still, this case plus one of their 13th gen or AMD boards is very tempting.
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Re:$39 Cooler Master case turns your old Framework Laptop pa... by coffeebeqn on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @10:05PM (#35366846)
It’s more that a bigger fan and heat sink is completely silent while laptop blowers are almost always loud at full load
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