Post #3176722
2026-06-07 22:29 UTC
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.
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@iByteABit@lemmy.ml 2026-06-07 22:38
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.