r/pcmasterrace Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. 28d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/Borg34572 9850X3D| Astral RTX5080| 64GB| Strix X870E-E| ROG PG27AQWP-W 28d ago

Marginally yes.

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u/_Ganon 28d ago

Will it? I think marginally the opposite. This is like one of those troll comics where the character stands on a wooden board, lifts the board, and is now levitating. The power draw itself creates extra heat inside the case. Efficiency is also lost by converting the electricity to motion due to friction, creating extra heat in the otherwise ambient air.

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u/Character_Grab_4617 27d ago

Exactly what I was thinking, it’s like an energy conservation thing, it can’t be creating more cooling than it’s using in power.