Ok yeah this question sounds really funky at first, and I think I have a clue what the answer is, but really though, what causes heat inside a cpu? Is it just resistance from all the wires?

Upon further inspection, I noticed that the CPU fan connector had come loose. I only tried to boot the PC once or twice while it was disconnected, so I don't *think* I did any permanent ...

It's all clock speed, cache size and core counts—but what's really going on under the hood of your latest computer processor? That's a good question, and one that a fair few university degrees hope to ...