This also to the mailing list - someone else may find it useful as a starting point.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrew Cater <amaca...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Core Q9650 in a case with 5 hard drives To: James Allsopp <jamesaalls...@googlemail.com> Put some cheap slow running quiet fans in there? Do you need 5 hard drives? Check whether you have BIOS settings that you can tweak. On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:31 PM James Allsopp <jamesaalls...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I'm using an old Core 2 processor in a case with 5 hard drives, one of > which is an SSD. It's a server but doesn't get hit particularly hard, so > I'm wondering what the options are to try and conserve power with it as > it's generating rather a lot of heat. I've looked at powertop, but there > didn't seem to be a huge amount there.The processor only scales between 2 > and 3Ghz with an ondemand governor. I upgraded the processor from a E8460 > and doubled the ram to 8GB, with the same hard drives and this was when I > noticed the temperature increase. > > Thanks >
