- Joined
- Jan 31, 2011
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- Motherboard
- Gigabyte Z490 Vision D rev 1.1
- CPU
- i7-10700
- Graphics
- RX 570
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Tossing out a comment here that may fly in the face of over clocker mentality. I just installed a Noctua CPU cooler that knocked my video transcoding temp down from 100C (pretty sure it was thermal limiting) to about 85C. I dropped my base clock down from 100mhz to 95mhz, and that number dropped to 70C. I barely notice a difference in performance, but the CPU watts dissipation and general temps seem WAY cooler. I feel like my system longevity will be far better at those temps. If I had gone for the biggest Noctua cooler I could stuff in the case, or added a second fan, this might not be an issue. But it's a worthwhile tradeoff for my requirements. I'm not sure how many people realize how such a tiny change in clock can reduce thermal loads this much.