Laptops get a pass on overheating under load since they need to be compact, but your desktop should not be overheating even at full load. If it is, the only real solution is to upgrade its cooling system.
Well, search engines really have gotten useless. But basically modern processors can go as powerful as the temperature headroom allows, called Dynamic Temperature Management. Bad cooling solution = less power from same CPU. Same for GPU, although realized in different ways. They don’t overheat.
Ok, admitelly, mainboard vendors can mess that up via default settings.
Ah yeah, for that definition of overheating you’re entirely right; I’m pretty sure all modern CPUs throttle before reaching dangerous temperatures. I was considering overheating as reaching the temperatures where it has to throttle, since that’s when you see the performance hit.
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Laptops get a pass on overheating under load since they need to be compact, but your desktop should not be overheating even at full load. If it is, the only real solution is to upgrade its cooling system.
No, they fucking don’t. That’s not how modern processors work.
I’ve never seen a laptop that won’t overheat at full load and I’m not sure one even exists.
Well, search engines really have gotten useless. But basically modern processors can go as powerful as the temperature headroom allows, called Dynamic Temperature Management. Bad cooling solution = less power from same CPU. Same for GPU, although realized in different ways. They don’t overheat.
Ok, admitelly, mainboard vendors can mess that up via default settings.
Ah yeah, for that definition of overheating you’re entirely right; I’m pretty sure all modern CPUs throttle before reaching dangerous temperatures. I was considering overheating as reaching the temperatures where it has to throttle, since that’s when you see the performance hit.