Tip: Simple setting (Windows) to help with loud fan and high thermals

As I was rendering some videos, the fan on my Framework was just too loud to handle as I tried to watch a movie, so I decided to try the old trick of lowering the CPU max rate to 99%, and it helped tremendously.

This also helps to keep the CPU cooler during prolonged renders. The fan will still run, just not as loud as a vacuum cleaner! lol

The caveat: This prevents the CPU from going into “Boost” mode, so rendering/CPU-intensive tasks will take slightly longer.

I still think it’s a good trade-off if you would rather the quiet :wink:

Does anyone else do this?

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