Your next heat sink.

Discussion in 'Tech' started by MSP, Jun 26, 2012.

  1. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    MSP, Jun 26, 2012
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  2. msgwtco Divides by Zero

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    I'm curious to see how well this performs in real world tests.
    msgwtco, Jun 26, 2012
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  3. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    I guess you could call this a Revolution in Heatsink technology? ;) They can call it an impeller, but it's a squirrel cage fan, pure and simple! :D Just running in reverse.
    Goofus Maximus, Jun 26, 2012
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  4. MSP Haunting a dead forum...

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    I'm with msgwtco, I'll withhold excitement until I see the benchmarks.
    MSP, Jun 27, 2012
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  5. -=Lurker=- Everyday I'm Shufflin'

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    It's more than a squirrel cage fan. It's a spinning heat-sink rather than the common heat-sink / fan combo.

    The key is the "air-bearing" being able to transfer heat from the heat-sink base to the rotating section of the heat-sink efficiently.
    -=Lurker=-, Jun 27, 2012
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  6. HEAVY-D Eh?!

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    English! Lurker English! :p
    HEAVY-D, Jun 28, 2012
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  7. Goofus Maximus Too old to be this dumb!

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    I always thought of air as an insulator. That's why one uses heatsink compound instead of just pressing the HSF and Chip together...

    Here's the question and answer session from Extreme Tech...

    I do wonder if this is a solution in search of a problem however, since liquid cooling can perform as well, while being cheaper to boot.
    Goofus Maximus, Jun 29, 2012
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