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Will Gamers Nexus feature Adata's 10% DDR5 temp improvement? (www.xpg.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by tinsuke@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Technological feat aside:

Revolutionary heat dissipating coating effectively reduces temperatures by more than 10%

78.5C -> 70C = (78.5 - 70) / 78.5 = 0.1082 = 10% right?!

Well, not really. Celsius is an arbitrary temperature scale. The same values on Kelvin would be:

351.65K -> 343.15K = (351.65 - 343.15) / 351.65 = 0.0241 = 2% (???)

So that's why you shouldn't do % on temp changes. A more entertaining version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhkYcO1VxOk&t=374s

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[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I would argue that what makes sense when considering temperature percentages wrt dissipation, is the difference between old and new, divided by the difference between the system at rest and the old temperature.

Which is then a ratio of offsets, rather than a ratio of one offset and a difference with an arbitrarily defined origin.

In this case, it is fair to assume the temperature at rest of the system around 292K, or 19C.

Which would give: (78.5C - 70C) / (78.5C - 19C) = 14.29%, or (351.65K - 343.15K) / (351.65K - 292.15K) = 14.29%.