Currently users are seeing this ominous warning sign when the CPU hits 95°C and/or the GPU 90°C.
  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 hour

    With the plant behind it, I thought someone had turned theirs into a planter, oops!

  • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
    7 hours

    Pure-Outcome-5977’s red warning light was coming on with system monitor tools showing the CPU was at 81°C and the GPU at 71°C.

    yea that’s not hot enough for a warning light

    I’m guessing Valve doesn’t even change the thermal throttling of the AMD chips anyways, that’s probably still working well enough to prevent any damage

    • DeLancre@piefed.socialEnglish
      5 hours

      From gamer nexus testings, it looks like there enough of headroom to operate below any throtling threshold. Fan basically silent even at full load. So I assume yes, most probably somewhat default 95C peak and somewhat tweaked power settings.

      • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2 hours

        wait so is it tripping because of the hotspots being that temperature or what?

        I don’t really get what’s being said here

        And I don’t see how the hell it could even get close to thermal limits from GN’s testing.

      • Nik282000@lemmy.caEnglish
        3 hours

        Holy hell, 95c? I never let my gear get above 70 for fear of reduced service life.

        • DeLancre@piefed.socialEnglish
          3 hours

          Yes, 95C max for desktop CPU, 105C for notebook APU, became a default like, 20 years ago or so

        • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.deEnglish
          3 hours

          I mean, for recent generations of hardware that’s pretty excessive unless you have put in a considerable amount of cooling. Otherwise, if you’re doing that to a part that’s been rated for 95 degrees for example, which many current CPUs are, you’re most likely just loosing out on value by not having picked a lower tier part that already runs cooler by design in the first place.

          Generally, thermal stress, caused by frequent heating/cooling cycles also causes far more damage to hardware parts than sustained heat.

  • HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zipEnglish
    8 hours

    Having an overheat issue is definitely a tough break with the current weather patterns

    • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      4 hours

      it’s not a limiter, it’s a light for monitoring, I’m guessing AMD’s limits are still in place

      theoretically the light should only turn on if the fan is broken or obstructed

  • someguy3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8 hours

    How much heat does the power supply give off? I’m surprised they combined it all.

      • ericwdhs@discuss.onlineEnglish
        4 hours

        It’s worth pointing out that’s just the PSU’s rated wattage too. The actual peak load for the Steam Machine is around 180W.

    • lectricleopard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7 hours

      Since its not like the cpu or gpu is going to change, they can tune a power supply to produce as little waste heat at expected power delivery ranges. If its in the path of the air in the cooling solution, it should be fine. The additional heat load should bet a drop in the bucket and likely a degree or two of overall system temp rise at most.

      The advantages of no external brick falls in line with the ease of use priority valve has had with this design. Its not going to pull the device off a shelf, and its not going to get buried in the back of furniture where it wont get any air flow.

    • Davel23@fedia.io
      8 hours

      It’s not off by 100 degrees, they’re raising it to 100 degrees.

    • sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8 hours

      No, up to 100 Celsius which is the standard heat warning point for these sorts of devices, and laptops.

      So if the limit was 80c they increased it by 20, to 100c.