Overheating Memes

Cooked

7 days ago 230.8K views 0 shares

When someone lists their RTX 3060 for $150 with "slightly overheating issues" and the GPU looks like it survived the Chernobyl disaster. The board is literally charred beyond recognition, components are melted into oblivion, and the seller's like "yeah it gets a bit warm sometimes, nothing major." The understatement is truly chef's kiss. That thing didn't overheat—it achieved thermonuclear fusion. Pretty sure if you plugged it in, it would violate several international treaties. But hey, $150 is $150, right? Someone out there is definitely typing "Hi, is this available?" unironically.

Diy

Hardware Debugging

8 days ago 260.3K views 0 shares

Customer complains their PC shuts down after a few seconds. Tech opens the case to find what can only be described as a crime scene: the CPU cooler has been replaced with actual kitchen utensils. Someone took "Do It Yourself" way too literally and decided that a comb and some butter knives would make excellent thermal management solutions. Spoiler alert: they don't. The CPU probably hit thermal throttling faster than you can say "thermal paste." Pretty sure the PC was just trying to protect itself from this abomination by shutting down. Can't blame it, honestly.

Efficiency

Hardware Windows

25 days ago 80.3K views 0 shares

Why pay for heating when you've got a perfectly good CPU that can hit 95°C under load? Some people benchmark their rigs to flex their specs, but the real pros are out here mining Bitcoin in winter and calling it "dual-purpose computing." Your electricity bill might disagree with this definition of efficiency, but at least you're getting some value out of that thermal throttling. Plus, who needs a space heater when Cinebench can turn your gaming rig into a miniature sun?

Suffering From Success

Hardware Debugging

2 months ago 252.8K views 0 shares

You bought 64GB of DDR5 RAM in 2024 thinking you'd finally ascended to god-tier computing, ready to run 47 Chrome tabs AND a Discord server simultaneously without breaking a sweat. But plot twist: your PC is now literally ON FIRE because you forgot that more RAM means your system is working harder, generating more heat, and turning your gaming rig into a portable sauna. Your friends walk in like "why does it smell like burning silicon and shattered dreams?" while you're just standing there in your party hat realizing your flex has become your funeral. The ultimate tragedy of being too powerful for your own cooling system. RIP thermal paste, you tried your best.

When Grandma's Crochet Meets Your Gaming Rig

Hardware Gamedev

3 months ago 248.5K views 0 shares

When Grandma's Crochet Meets Your Gaming Rig

Grandma's home improvement algorithm strikes again! That high-performance gaming machine just got a +10 boost to doily aesthetics but a -50 penalty to thermal management. The mushroom figurines are clearly there to represent the cloud storage services that will be needed when this thing inevitably overheats and corrupts your save files. Pro tip: Valve didn't account for "crocheted heat insulation" in their cooling system design specs.

Close Enough Welcome Back

Hardware Windows

3 months ago 223.3K views 0 shares

That moment when your gaming PC is so minimalist it's basically just a black box with a power light. "Close enough" to what was advertised and "welcome back" to having zero airflow and thermal throttling in 3... 2... 1... Your CPU is about to reach temperatures previously only achieved during nuclear fusion experiments. But hey, at least it looks sleek on your desk while it's quietly melting.

Your Body Is Running Unauthorized Processes

Programming Security Debugging

3 months ago 197.6K views 0 shares

Your Body Is Running Unauthorized Processes

So your body is basically running crypto mining malware when you're sick. That explains why I feel like garbage during flu season – my biological CPU is at 100% utilization running someone else's code. And here I thought installing antivirus software meant getting a flu shot. Next time I'm feverish, I'll just try turning myself off and on again.

I Know Something's There, I Just Can't Prove It

Security Hardware Windows Debugging

3 months ago 332.9K views 0 shares

I Know Something's There, I Just Can't Prove It

That moment of existential dread when your antivirus finds absolutely nothing suspicious, but opening Task Manager makes your CPU temperature spike to 100°C. It's like having a burglar who hides perfectly when the cops show up, but immediately starts a bonfire the second they leave. Your computer is basically gaslighting you – "No viruses here! Now excuse me while I melt through your desk for... uh... normal computer reasons."

How It Feels Owning An RTX 5090

Hardware Gamedev Programming

3 months ago 230.8K views 1 shares

Praying to the silicon gods while your $2,000+ RTX 5090 renders your 3D scene is basically a religious experience. NVIDIA's flagship cards are notorious for turning your PC into a space heater that could melt Antarctic ice caps. The thermal throttling is so aggressive your case fans sound like they're preparing for takeoff. Meanwhile, you're sitting there with your electricity bill skyrocketing faster than your frame rates, wondering if you should've just bought a console instead. But hey, at least you can run Minecraft with ray tracing at 240fps!

They Be Fighting For Their Lives

Gamedev Hardware Unity Frontend

4 months ago 303.8K views 0 shares

OH. MY. GOD. The ABSOLUTE TRAUMA of hitting that render button! 😱 Your poor computer fans immediately transform from peaceful little spinners into SHRIEKING BANSHEES OF DOOM! It's like you've personally offended every single cooling component in your machine. Those tiny fans are SCREAMING for their lives while your GPU melts into the seventh circle of hell. The way those little rodents are howling in terror is EXACTLY what's happening inside your computer case when you dare to process those 3D models or video effects. Your computer is one render away from becoming a jet engine that could literally LAUNCH ITSELF INTO ORBIT! The betrayal in those tiny animal faces is just *chef's kiss* perfection!

We Have So Much In Common

Hardware Programming Debugging

5 months ago 251.8K views 0 shares

The eternal bond between developers and their overheating machines! Your CPU fans are screaming at 7000 RPM while running Docker containers, VS Code, and Chrome with 47 Stack Overflow tabs, yet you refuse to close anything because "you might need it later." The laptop is practically melting through your desk, but hey—at least you're both hot stuff! Next step: coding on the balcony in December because your apartment's thermostat can't keep up with your debugging session.

The Sun God Has Entered Your Office

Hardware Programming

5 months ago 248.3K views 2 shares

"Ignore RGB" they said, as their PC case literally transforms into a miniature sun. That PC isn't running code—it's conducting nuclear fusion. The irony of developers spending $3000 on hardware just to open Spotify and VS Code is not lost on me. And let's not forget the temperature display showing what must be the CPU's desperate cry for help. Nothing says "I'm a serious programmer" like being able to toast marshmallows from three feet away while debugging.

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