0 RPM pc gear

[tp4tissue]

I think they're deliberately designing these to fail.

A consistent 5 watt produces alot of heat, even if the VRMs can take it, it's going to die earlier, not to mention all the surrounding capacitors which are filled with water.

[Leslieann]

I think they're deliberately designing these to fail.

A consistent 5 watt produces alot of heat, even if the VRMs can take it, it's going to die earlier, not to mention all the surrounding capacitors which are filled with water.

Does it really matter if your part lasts 20+ years as opposed to 10 to 15?
10 years is a long time in terms of computer tech.

I also think many of these parts are expecting some air movement coming from something.

[tp4tissue]

It's hard to make an argument for durability cutoffs. Tp4 is only commenting that there's no good reason to have 0 rpm when an almost inaudible 200-300 rpm represents 20-35C delta.

People will pay $60-100 extra just to knock off 5-10C delta at peak load. The same argument, to increase durability.


Not a huge fan of expected-air-movement. Without threshold turbulence, the warm parts create a hot air barrier around itself, which cool air glides over.