joe morris zll_lspevjntmorg 02162008 0225 per jessen wrote long since looked energy heat heat conduction 20 years idea temperature spike doesnt sound right context pc like say spike shorter second two doesnt seem realistic something amount energy would take make 5degree increase temperature short timespam dont think temperature spike per se getting close tolerance transistors inside cpu possible get close enough max temps full load go thermal overload protection circuitry inside cpu kicks protect processor say may board cpu cooling personally thought 65 hot max 70 65 close comfort sustained load joe morris registered linux user 231871 running opensuse 103 x86_64 wed 06 aug 2008 173443 0800 opensuse ot much power pc really consume