Comment by userbinator 16 hours ago ...and yet they're still covered by a huge heatsink. 2 comments userbinator Reply mystifyingpoi 16 hours ago To add perspective, an old-school 7805 voltage regulator dissipating just 1 watt is already impossibly hot to hold with bare hand (as me how I know). So 3-4 watts on a small module will make it noticeably hot. drnick1 15 hours ago They aren't huge at all, the new RTL cards are tiny. I wish 2-port versions were available for a home server upgrade.
mystifyingpoi 16 hours ago To add perspective, an old-school 7805 voltage regulator dissipating just 1 watt is already impossibly hot to hold with bare hand (as me how I know). So 3-4 watts on a small module will make it noticeably hot.
drnick1 15 hours ago They aren't huge at all, the new RTL cards are tiny. I wish 2-port versions were available for a home server upgrade.
To add perspective, an old-school 7805 voltage regulator dissipating just 1 watt is already impossibly hot to hold with bare hand (as me how I know). So 3-4 watts on a small module will make it noticeably hot.
They aren't huge at all, the new RTL cards are tiny. I wish 2-port versions were available for a home server upgrade.