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dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Yes if a modern computer gets too hot the CPU will throttle itself and the fans will run faster.

If the computer is on the floor try to get it off the floor at least somewhat. Set it on a box or something.

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SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Thanks so much! I have in on a little shelf below me desk. I’ll be cleaning it much more often now!

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- Anticorp@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  And a less modern PC will burn itself up, or just completely shut down as a safeguard.
  
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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
On top of that modern computers are essentially designed to run as fast as they possibly can while staying just under their max temperature. Especially laptops, they will regularly kiss 100c as part of turbo boost.

Your GPU has a much lower temperature limit and starts throttling way sooner than its max rated temp since they do NOT like running hot. Your CPU will tolerate it, but your GPU is far too large of a chip for this temperature fluctuations.

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