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Optimize system for cooler temperatures
(lemmy.ml)
How does one optimize for better system temperatures on Linux while doing heavy tasks (e.g. gaming) during summer heat.
Are there tools for creating 'gaming/balanced/economy' profiles for example that limit the GPU and CPU depending on the requirements?
Should I find a way to customize fan speeds?
I am trying to find everything I should do from the software perspective before I move on to buying better cooling hardware.
I am currently reaching 100+ celsius temps maximum on both the GPU and CPU while gaming, on idle it's like this:
System info:
As others have asked, desktop or laptop
But also where is it? If it's a "desktop" but on the floor in a deep carpet, tucked against the dark corner of the room under a desk, that's not going to help... bring it out into the air...
And for a laptop... lift it off the desk
I created an MDF raised deck for my laptop, with a massive slot where the fan intake is underneath, that really helped it breathe.
Looking to the future, if cooling is going to be a problem, I like to over spec' the equipment and underutilise it - it's better to run something twice as powerful at half the load... this knowledge came from the hifi world.
It's a desktop on the floor under my desk, so there could definitely be some intake airflow problem there. It would be extremely impractical to bring it out, but maybe a human fan would help with that.
Make sure it has at least a few inches of clearance at the back. Also many cases/PSUs have fans on the bottom, if yours does then raising it up on some feet can really help.