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Intel experimenting with direct liquid cooling for up to 1000W CPUs (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember when we didn't even need radiators on the top PC processors. Yeah, those were the times...

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

486DX2/66 my beloved

[–] kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

"up to" being the key word here.

But seriously, AI is so power hungry, I've heard plans of water-cooling the fucking traces on the motherboards of high-power server racks

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

“You got a 1kW PSU for your rig? Nah, just for the proc”

I know these aren’t for home, but in the US/Japan/Canada/Mexico you’re gonna start seeing the need for dedicated breakers. A lot of apartments skimped and put in 10-15 amp breakers, which can (safely) support 960-1440 watts. A 20 amp breaker can do 1,900 watts at least, but again that’s usually for an entire room. Not just a single device.

Edit: added a few more countries that use 110/120V to illustrate it’s not just a US issue.