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by neilmovva 1247 days ago
I was curious about exactly how much burst heat could be absorbed, so I asked WolframAlpha [0]. In a 15" workstation laptop, I think the CPU could quite reasonably pull +100 watts over steady-state TDP for 30 seconds. (100-gram aluminum heatsink absorbing 100W * 30sec -> ∆T = +33ºC)

[0] https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=%28100w+*+30+sec%29+%2F...