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Originally posted by Boywonder
Are 226W Qmax pelts a waste. My Athlon XP puts out 86.3W of power. If I overclock it by 200% wouldn't it only be putting out around 170W? Obviously a 200% overclock is VERY optimistic, but still. Maybe I just don't understand what Qmax is. Wouldn't it be better to just get a 170W pelt with a high DTmax?
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Qmax is
defined as the amount of heat the pelt can transfer with dT=0.
The greater the difference between the actual heat being transferred and Qmax, the greater dT will be.