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The Official Cooling Thread!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by mastaprk, Apr 17, 2004.

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  1. im1992

    im1992 Regular member

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    54.4357 to be exact but yea, close enough :)
     
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    Or nicking the signalling cable beside railway lines, that's always a good one. I was stuck in Newark for half an hour because of those idiots...
     
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  3. im1992

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    what are you talking about? lol
     
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    ah, you missed me editing my previous post then :)
     
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  5. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Creaky was mentioning that people are willing to saw off copper pipes (with the gas actually still going thru the pipes!) because of the scrap value of the material - people are doing it with wires as well, and a common one is stealing cables for railway signals...

    edited by creaky to add the bit about the gas :)
     
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  6. im1992

    im1992 Regular member

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    oh yea
    I heard(abc news) about ppl stealing wire from electric companies in the US and selling it for an el-chepo price for the copper.
    thanks for clarifying that sammorris
    -im1992

     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Lol Holy crap! Nice edit... ;-)
     
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  8. im1992

    im1992 Regular member

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    do you guys know how the heatpipes work?
    is there some kind of gas or water or something in it?
    and what exactly does this gas/liquid do?
    -thanks
     
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    thanks!
     
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    im1992,
    A typical heat pipe consists of a sealed pipe or tube made of a material with high thermal conductivity such as copper or aluminium. A vacuum pump is used to exclude all fluids (both gases and liquids) from the empty heat pipe, and then the pipe is filled with a fraction of a percent by volume of working fluid, (or coolant), chosen to match the operating temperature. Some example fluids are water, ethanol, acetone, sodium, or mercury. Due to the partial vacuum that is near or below the vapor pressure of the fluid, some of the fluid will be in the liquid phase and some will be in the gas phase.

    Best Regards,
    Russ
     
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  12. im1992

    im1992 Regular member

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    russ,
    thank you very much for the excellent explanation, i really appreciate it!
    -im1992
     
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    theonejrs Senior member

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    im1992,
    You're most welcome!

    Russ
     
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    does anybody know which site has the most comprehensive and upto date charts showing cpu temps for different heatsinks?
     
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  15. GTR35

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    yeah thats what i was gonna ask...

    some heatsink are huge but they are good coolers, the problem is some mobo can't fit it...
     
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  16. abuzar1

    abuzar1 Senior member

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    Well every website has different methods of reviewing CPU cooler so a comprehensive list is difficult to find. Don't trust Anandtech and look on forums for user reviews.

    Curently these are pretty much the best air coolers:

    Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme for best performance.
    XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 for best bang for buck.
     
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  17. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    whys that boozer?
     
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  18. GTR35

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    i agree with Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme, but is that with a fan or not?
     
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  19. abuzar1

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    Why is what?

    I mean both of them used with fans. You are kidding your self if you think you can get good cooling performance with out fans. Hell even water cooling needs fans on the radiator.
     
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  20. shaffaaf

    shaffaaf Regular member

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    why not anadtech?

    i think hexus is good. as are vr-zone and fudzilla
     
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