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After the MacBook Neo was released, it made waves in the low-cost notebook market, with the hallmark of thinness, lightness, and fan-free quiet operation, but when it was used, especially for continuous heavy work, the weakness that many people found was that "heat" directly affected performance.

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The key question is how much power can be extracted by the machine? ETA PRIME tried to find out by testing No Man's Sky. The A18 Pro chip was found to reach about 105 ° C quickly before the system reduced its power consumption from about 5W to 2.3W, resulting in a frame rate falling to 30 FPS, even though the potential of the chip could go beyond that.

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This is mainly due to a fanless design that uses only graphite plates to dissipate heat, which is inadequate for heavy use, causing heat to accumulate and throttle symptoms.

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ETA PRIME tried to solve it in a simple way by removing the graphite plate and applying silicone to the chip. Then paste the copper plate with thermal pad to send heat to the aluminum body to help drain it further.

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The end result is that the temperature drops to around 85-86C and can continue to maintain power consumption at 5W without reducing speed, resulting in in-game framerates increasing from around 30 FPS to nearly 60 FPS, or virtually doubling.

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In addition, the Geekbench score also increased, with single-core improving by about 15.2% and multi-core increasing by about 9.7%, reflecting that the machine bottleneck is not a chip, but a cooling system.

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But the experiment wasn't over yet, because he went a step further by bringing a "mobile water cooling kit" like a gaming fan to the back of the machine, helping to pull the heat out of the body well to the next level. The temperature dropped to about 75 ° C, and the efficiency continued to increase. The single-core Geekbench score improved by about 17.52% and the multi-core increased by about 15.16%.

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The reason why Apple didn't upgrade put this cooling system in the first place is because the MacBook Neo was designed for general use, emphasizes silence and is portable, doesn't emphasize continuous hard work.

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This case underscores that performance does not depend on the chip alone, but the cooling system has a huge effect, and if there are accessories in the future, it may unlock more potential without unlocking the machine itself.

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Source: ETA Prime Channel

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