Even though using Honeywell’s PTM 7950 is anything but pleasant, I plan to equip all devices that are theoretically supposed to run “until the end” without major maintenance […]
Mini-PC Server #10:
Temperatures of NVMe SSDs under various conditions
It will also be interesting to see how the temperatures of the installed NVMe SSDs behave. After all, the installation space is very limited, and these SSDs tend […]
Mini-PC Server #9:
PTM7950
Here, too, I plan to use a Honeywell thermal interface pad, again the PTM7950, again from AliExpress. I don’t intend to replace the TIM on this mini-servers in […]
Mini-PC Server #8:
Cooling capacity?
Given the significantly modified third mounting point on the CPU cooler, it is unclear whether the contact pressure is sufficient to prevent thermal throttling. Since I have two […]
Honeywell PTM7950 – A pad instead of paste or liquid metal?
PTM or “Phase Transition Material” has been a recurring topic in the PC industry since at least 2022. Some manufacturers now use it as standard in their products […]
TR-Server #2:
The Base
Due to personal preference and a bit of coincidence, I ended up with a first-generation AMD Threadripper, complete with motherboard and cooler. I would describe the purchase price […]
Medion PC-MT6 #4:
Maintenance and upgrades
After installing Windows XP with minimal drivers on a 40 GB PATA hard drive from Seagate to perform some hardware tests, I noticed the following: Spare parts are […]
The first desktop quad-core processors: OC legends
After acquiring one of these desktop processors from Intel a long time ago, I came across the bundle consisting of a motherboard and CPU again while rearranging other […]
Lenovo ThinkPad W540 – Liquid Metal
This otherwise really good but now outdated workstation notebook from Lenovo had major thermal problems right from the start. My model has the most powerful non-Extreme mobile processor […]