On 29/09/2020 10:51, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 29/09/2020 09:31, druck wrote:
>> On 24/09/2020 05:14, paul lee wrote:
>>> If you use a heatsink and a small fan you could get
>>> down to the mid 40s. I suggest an iceCooler - I run in the mid 30s on
>>> normal use...
>>
>> Is there any real point to getting it that low? The cooler is probably
>> using twice as much power as the Pi.
>>
>> One of mine Pis in shed got down to 19.7C CPU temp during the winter,
>> it didn't run any better than when it was 72.8C in the summer :)

[Snip all eminently sensible points]

> In reality I suspect your Pi will be obsolete before it dies of heat
> exhaustion. :-).

The Pi in question is my very first 256MB model B, obsolete in every
way, but just refuses to die - British engineering at its best!

---druck

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