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Post #39,729
by static
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5/23/02 8:59:39 PM
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New Not Thermal Paste.
Thermal paste is a terrible heat conductor. It's only redeeming value is that it is better than air between your CPU and your heatsink.

If you want a heatsink to absorb heat, you need a large mass of metal with decent thermal capacity*. Hence the weight. If you want a heatsink to radiate absorbed heat (e.g. for fan cooling :-), you need a lot of surface area. Hence the finned designs.

Wade.

* My physics in this area is rusty, but IIRC this is why water-cooling works so well.

"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #39,798
by Meerkat
5/24/02 10:02:20 AM
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New Erm, I was kidding. But hey, info is info, ta.
On and on and on and on,
and on and on and on goes John.
Post #39,876
by static
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5/24/02 10:39:13 PM
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New Yah - I should have spotted that. D'oh!

"All around me are nothing but fakes
Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
     Noise. - (Meerkat) - (15) - May 20, 2002, 09:02:03 AM EDT
         Stick a Qtip through the back grate . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - May 20, 2002, 09:28:28 AM EDT
             CPU Fans - highly variable quality. - (pwhysall) - (9) - May 21, 2002, 12:33:34 AM EDT
                 Let the experiments commence - (Meerkat) - (8) - May 21, 2002, 07:32:46 AM EDT
                     De-fanning a CPU. - (static) - (7) - May 22, 2002, 07:55:36 AM EDT
                         Yow - Sinkapalooza! - (Meerkat) - (6) - May 22, 2002, 09:49:14 PM EDT
                             WD40 - (orion) - (2) - May 22, 2002, 10:39:21 PM EDT
                                 I ned some WD40 - ta for the reminder! - (Meerkat) - May 22, 2002, 11:47:33 PM EDT
                                 No - (Andrew Grygus) - May 23, 2002, 12:05:13 AM EDT
                             Not Thermal Paste. - (static) - (2) - May 23, 2002, 08:59:39 PM EDT
                                 Erm, I was kidding. But hey, info is info, ta. -NT - (Meerkat) - (1) - May 24, 2002, 10:02:20 AM EDT
                                     Yah - I should have spotted that. D'oh! -NT - (static) - May 24, 2002, 10:39:13 PM EDT
         Also, besides fans, you can add some soundproofing. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 21, 2002, 10:41:49 PM EDT
             Corkingly good idea - thanks! -NT - (Meerkat) - May 22, 2002, 03:14:28 AM EDT
         depending on how handy you are - (boxley) - May 22, 2002, 02:18:17 PM EDT
         TheReg story on quiet PCs. - (Another Scott) - May 28, 2002, 08:39:20 PM EDT

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