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Overheating issue
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 2:55 am
by trhv
I am excited to learn about the new 8gb rpi version
Is the overheating issue solved in this new product ?
Is the new complete 8gb Rpi 4 desktop kit
suitable to serve as true desktop pc ?
Re: Overheating issue
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 7:23 am
by jamesh
What overheating issue? Pis cannot overheat. They can throttle when they get hot, unusual with the latest firmware, but they cannot overheat.
Re: Overheating issue
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 12:32 pm
by wildfire
Received my 8GB model this morning, it currently idles ~ 10c above my 4GB model ( 48 - 51 v 39-40 ).
I should stress that this is an unfair comparison, the 4GB is in an Argon One case (which is basically a large heatsink) whereas the 8GB hasn't found a home yet so is running outside the case.
Ambient conditions vary and will affect your use case but in general I've never had a problem with temps on any of my 4GB models and don't expect any with the 8GB.
Re: Overheating issue
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 1:52 pm
by jahboater
trhv wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:55 am
Is the overheating issue solved in this new product ?
There never was an overheating issue.
Perhaps only ill-informed users placing them in tiny plastic cases with no ventilation holes.
My day-to-day 4GB Pi4 (with no fan) has a 300MHz overclock and it still runs cool - it doesn't come close to throttling even when running crazy stress tests.
trhv wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:55 am
Is the new complete 8gb Rpi 4 desktop kit
suitable to serve as true desktop pc ?
Yes.