On Wednesday 05 September 2007 00:10, Clayton wrote: > > In any event, peak power consumption occurs only during 100% CPU > > utilization (and that power consumption depends somewhat on the mix > > of instructions, i.e., which portions of the CPU's processing logic > > is active). When the CPU is idle, it's power consumption (and thus > > its heat output) are much less. > > I have a dual core.. and under regular use the CPU barely gets above > room temp... well.... it sits at about 30 C. Regular use... email, > web browsing... low demand stuff. If I load it up and do something > that pegs one CPU to 100%, the temp rises to about 38 C. If I max > both CPUs to 100% and leave it, the temp rises to 45 C to 48 C.
These temperatures would make a Pentium shiver. > So... if you're planning on doing things that will max out the dual > or quad core, then things will get hot. It's all relative. The Core 2 design is much more energy-efficient than its predecessors, including CPUs designed for portable use. > If you're using it more... > for normal desktop type use, the computer will probably actually run > cooler overall, and be a whole lot more usable when it gets busy > doing something on one CPU. If the system is assembled properly and the case ventilated properly, there's no problem, even if you're running [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or any of the CPU-intensive distributed clients on every core. > C. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
