<div dir="ltr">There is always another option,...<br>one other option would be to underclock your CPUs and then even when they hit the 100% usage over long periods as it is running at lower speed, it wouldn't heat that much.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Shimon Panfil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@industrialphys.com">info@industrialphys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Many thanks for everybody who answered my question.<br>
Short resume is following:<br>
1. x86_64 is really the only affordable platform( sure it depends on definition of "affordable" but anyway people got it right);<br>
2. Good idea is cleaning off the dust from the box and check thermal paste;<br>
3. Is the problem specific to my machine or has general nature still unclear,<br>
since:<br>
a) gamers forums are full of complaints about overheating;<br>
b) nobody provides example of heavy *numerical* load without overheating, kernel compilation for example is not relevant becouse AFAIK compiler does not use floating point calculations and power consumption and heating may be essentially different;<br>
4. All the subject of CPU power consumption and heating is complicated and needs serious investigation. Most of the references I've seen are of anecdotal character, very little reliable physical/engineering information. Probably manufacturers prefer to keep this information for own use.<br>
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