I unfortunately do not have a screenshot at the moment (might find one, that tests with cinebench), but I see that the NUC has a place to get air. The PC towers I tinker with have big opening for air to go in and out while Macs only had air to go out. Even the PCs that have proper exhaust big got a big sheet of glass in the front also bake like the Mac Mini.Do you have a link to a screenshot where someone is stressing the same generation i7 CPU with the same workload on a NUC, and has a screenshot of Intel Power Gadget?
As far as I can see, the only way to stop it hitting 100C is either:
1. A significantly over-specced (for normal use) cooling solution. I cannot believe this exists inside a NUC.
2. Power-limiting the CPU so that it cannot turbo so high (thus reducing heat output).
[doublepost=1548362813][/doublepost]I guess the best thing to hope for would be 10nm or 7nm processors in presumably Mac 2020 that would improve thermals, so cooling it is less of a concern.
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