Quote Originally Posted by stephenswiftech View Post
You got it backward. Resistance does rise with temperature but current decreases as the resistance goes up (fixed voltage). And lower current = lower heat output.

A cool CPU will generate more heat than a hot CPU (assuming the same clock, running the same application, blablabla)
It is interesting to think about in terms of coolant; if coolant A cools better than coolant B would that mean that there is more heat being released by the cooler chip? So, the CPU temp would actually be higher for the better coolant..wacky. Or, would the better coolant be able to take care of the extra heat that is being generated by the cooler chip, thus keeping the CPU temp the same (relatively speaking)