Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Fri, 14 May 2021 15:05:45 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

Commander Kinsey wrote:

All product specs are lies. The CPU cooler in this computer claims it
will cool a 300W CPU. Mine gives off only 140W,

The TDP figures given by Intel and AMD may be given in "Watts" but they
don't correspond to actual watts of power consumed by the processor,
they're calculated mumbo-jumbo, then the cooler manufacturers base their
recommendations on the CPU manufacturer numbers, so it's lies all the
way down ...

How hard can it be to quote the TDP as the amount of power the CPU uses
(which is the same as the amount of heat it gives off)?

It is used for engineering as well as public relations purposes.

The coolers are "honest" in that their theta can be
verified by FrostyTech and they'd look bad if they
fudged the number.

What is happening today, is "industrialized overclocking".

Paul