Re: Improving the effectiveness of heatsinks?

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Subject: Re: Improving the effectiveness of heatsinks?
Name: Dan Druff
Date: 3/27/2003 7:26:11 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 208.181.26.131
In Reply to: Re: Improving the effectiveness of heatsinks? posted by ludicrous
Message:

To clarify further, the heat source in this case is the CPU. Normally, the heat is transferred from the CPU to the heatsink. But because of the
1 cm hole created the heat coming from the core or die is not transferred to the heatsink because there is no metal touching the die or the core. But I see where you are coming from, the whole CPU can still produce heat. So several 1/8 holes can be made depending on how cool you want your CPU to function. Unfortunately, the heatsink design has also drawbacks because it tends to retain the heat so it depends on the fan to do the job. I checked my old K2 and K3 and they are good candidates for this remedy. I am just suggesting that it is not necessary to spend extra dollar on heat pipes and water cooling when a simple holes remedy can do the job. It very similar to removing the case cover when the puter is experiencing overheating which
works also but not all the time. Newer motherboards have safety designs incorporated in it that it shuts off when the desired temperature of the CPU is exceeded. The
holes might solve this problem. I am of course
speculating. Three of my computers have holes already in their heatsinks. I try my newer Celeron this week-end. If I don't respond, you know what happened...

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