Grench
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I didn't know most humans were such shallow breathers. I probably am too when I am not paying attention to it.
I figured the 100 degrees was just an illustrative round number...
That's pretty much it. I figured, "What number would be easy to work with and pretty bad if it got there?" No worries - fixed it.
Don't know. What CPU temperatures are people fine with and why?
I don't know what working under hightened temperatures does to a CPU - meaning when, how or why it gets bad.
I guess to get the air's temp to just 10 °K below the CPU you need some channeling through a fine ripped heat exchanger. Or just pump more and have the air coming out be somewhat cooler.
Considering that the original, and as far as I know, ongoing, plan is to have the unit dissipate heat naturally through the case with no provisions for a fan or external radiator, the above may not even be necessary. BUT - the question was implied by ED's statement that the fan would be noisy. So, I started thinking, which is usually a mistake, that the air flow and thus fan power needed to dissipate 3W of energy wouldn't really be that much - but how much would it really be? So I worked it out.
Someone who knows thermodynamics better than I do please check the numbers if anyone is going to take these results seriously.
But, as far as I can tell, the Pyra could be adequately cooled with a one way valve and a straw connected to the user's mouth. Step one to creation of the Borg has been found.