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Re:Better PC Cooling with Python and Grafana by mr_tombuben on Monday March 04, 2024 @03:09AM (#39588108)
Wouldn't the better solution be to rely on the heatsink temperature instead of on the chip/core temperature then? I mean in the end, the air from the fan is cooling the heat sink, not the chip directly.
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Re:Better PC Cooling with Python and Grafana by hoseja on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:18AM (#39588474)
Heatsinks don't typically have thermocouples, is the problem.
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Re:Better PC Cooling with Python and Grafana by pca006132 on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:19AM (#39588811)
but it isn't hard to add thermocouples to a heatsink? perhaps the reason for not doing this is because the improvement is not visible in standard benchmarks? it is not improving the overall performance, not reducing the peak noise, just make the transition smoother...
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Re:Better PC Cooling with Python and Grafana by Joker_vD on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:27AM (#39590190)
Why would it be better? In the end, you would like your CPU to stay (at most) at, say, 40 degrees, not your heat sink — that thing can be at 35 if it needs to.
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