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.
So... if you're planning on doing things that will max out the dual or quad core, then things will get hot. 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.
C. In order to decide on a running temperature, you need to find out what the temperature of the internal silicon to the temperature of the case is, that is the delta T (C) is from the internal device to the case. This should be available in a data sheet for the device, which is probably on the net somewhere. What you are measuring, of course, is the case temperature, not
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 03:10, Clayton wrote: the temperature of the chip inside. In general, you would like to keep the temperature of the silicon below 100 degrees C. If your system can do that, everything should work fine, basically forever. If not, you need a better cooling system. --doug, wa2say -- Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org