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by cloudbonsai 268 days ago
This is pretty cool. His design seems to be able to handle the full iGPU loads too:

https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/monochrome-2-my-cu...

His trick is to use a number of heat pipes (that transfer the heat through vaporization), and a really really big heat sink (a 5kg copper plate).

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Which goes to 76°C if you run the PC at full load for a couple of hours. I prefer a little noise than burning myself.
76 is bad? My AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU frequently touches 90C whenever I play games or do heavy load stuff.
The whole black part of the case is for cooling if I understand correctly, so compared to your computer where the CPU can reach 90+ but the case stays at most warm, there the whole case reaches 70+ degrees.
It would be 70+ at the die. The heat would dissipate. It would be hot. But not 70+ degrees hot.
Oh damn yeah that's a whole different thing. Can easily heat a room with it during winter.
The CPU is at 99, the case is at 76.