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LOL. Sorry, had that in mind for our latest tests, but that was on Ryzen CPUs -_-
Don't know if that might even work with Intel, too, but there are of course other monitoring tools, you could use. For example s-tui or you take one of these suggested tools here
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Repeating the suggestions, but it was a mix of things:
- Repasted it with Artic MX-4.
- Turned off Turbo boost (TLP or even sudo bash -c "echo 1 | tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo")
- Installed thermald, suggested here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/391474/stop-cpu-from-overheating (support starting on Sandy Bridge)
- Thinkfan : I slightly tweaked default settings so I can get the fan to turn on a little earlier,
- s-tui is your friend: https://amanusk.github.io/s-tui/ ... I been watching it like crazy to see if it is keeping cool without having to boost.
With this combination of things, I managed to get it to remain mostly around 50°C without anything intense running, like some video (it would go then to 60°C, which is still not bad.)
Also, since I set this up, if feels like it is performing perceptually better. For awhile, there would be brief pauses on Electron apps (Slack, etc.) when just typing something. Getting the CPU to stay cool has actually done a lot it seems.
Next up is doing the same thing with my T430s ... it actually does pretty good though, so I don't think I have to do too much like with my X220.
From the site, https://amanusk.github.io/s-tui/#qa:
>Q: I don’t have a temperature graph
>A: Systems have different sensors to read CPU temperature. If you do not see a temperature read, your system might not be supported (yet). You can try manually setting the sensor with the cli interface (see –help), or selecting a sensor from the ‘Temp Sensors’ menu
>Q: I have a temperature graph, but it is wrong.
>A: A default sensor is selected for temperature reads. On some systems this sensor might indicate the wrong temperature. You can manually select a sensor from the ‘Temp Sensors’ menu or using the cli interface (see –help)
Right.
I don't know about fan speeds, but there is a good Linux tool for testing throttling, namely, 's-tui'. The program can be a pain to install. Here is how I did it (and this method installs the program as root, which in this case is good because some of the program's feature's need root access).
$ sudo -H pip install s-tui
To run it:
$ s-tui
Here is a Linux tool that can fix some ThinkPad thermal throttling problems.
(I use both those tools.)
A piece of my own creation, made exactly to make these comparisons possible. I actually have it installed on an Ubuntu USB stick, so I can take this on the go for analysis. The X220 originally runs Whindows.