From: Pancho.Jones@proton.me   
      
   On 15/04/2024 15:13, druck wrote:   
   > On 14/04/2024 20:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> On 14/04/2024 19:51, druck wrote:   
   >>> The Pi 4B will definitely throttle with only a ventilated case if it   
   >>> is anything other than sitting idle all the time.   
   >>>   
   >> I am not interested in proof by assertion   
   >> I had mine up to 130% on 'top' and it never made more than 76°C   
   >   
   > So you were only using 1 and a bit cores, hardly taxing it.   
   >   
   >>> I don't see the point of letting it throttling when an inexpensive   
   >>> fan will keep it at full speed under any load.   
   >>>   
   >> I question that it will in fact throttle.   
   >   
   > If you do something which uses multiple cores it will.   
   >   
   >> Like so much 'everybody knows'  when you look at it it is in fact   
   >> 'everyone believes because people selling fans told them so.   
   >   
   > I'm telling you so, and I'm not selling you a fan, although I do have a   
   > bridge going spare if you don't believe that.   
   >   
      
   I don't know what case you are using, but I have tested my geekworm   
   aluminium passive case. It does not throttle using:   
      
   stress-ng --cpu 4   
      
   Calcs suggest it might throttle on the hottest day of the year, but not   
   normally.   
      
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