The same thing was happening with my GPU so I underclocked and undervolted it to hell using msi afterburner and now instead of getting 85 C during gaming sessions it’s around 70 C. my CPU fan is always loud. i think the thermal paste is gone. I’m not willing to take my computer apart because where my computer is it’s really awkward and if it bricks itself i have the money to buy a new one. rn the package temp is idling at 46-55 C, jumping every second. min temp is 45 C. the max temp is 80 C idling according to hwmonitor. i’m getting spikes in high temperature that last a second or so but when I’m playing a game it can spike to 95-100 C
UPDATE: Disabled Boost and undervolted my CPU, now temp spikes are much more reasonable. Max idle temp after 1 hour according to hwmonitor is 53 C which is a lot better than random spikes to 80 C lol. thx to everyone who commented!
Good enough! You only need to discharge any static your currently (heh) carrying. Unless you’re rolling around on the carpet in an arid room, you’ll be fine.
When you shock yourself on a doorknob, notice how you don’t get shocked again?
ok, but where do you discharge that static electricity to? where does it go? or is it more about “dispersing it” so that both you and the case and everything inside have roughly the same amount?
yeah true, probably it is about dispersing it. didn’t really think about this much before
I believe - and @shalafi@lemmy.world will correct me if I’m wrong - that as long as the static charge differential between you and the equipment is low enough, there’s no concern about damaging static electricity flow through components. Touching the case, even if it’s not earth grounded, will discharge any potential you’re holding into the case. Then the difference between you and the components will be small enough to be safe.
I assume it goes into the case (that’s one of the reasons why the motherboard had standoff screws), and will discharge when the case is plugged back ?