New CPU heatsink makes 80% heat breakthrough

***Zardon*** · Dec 28, 2002, 04:23 AM

The inquirer has a article posted about a upcoming Heatsink that gives 80% better cooling than conventional sinks.

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This design is called crimped fin and the firm expects copper to be at the base of the sink, with aluminium* used for the fins.

And the fins will be inserted into holes in the copper base with a fin pitch of 1.9 millimetres.

The sinks will be manufactured in China and reach a production capacity of two million a month by September next year.

Read article at inquirer

Chrille · Dec 28, 2002, 06:53 AM

80% better cooling not bad. I hope it will come to sweden.

Yeti · Dec 28, 2002, 10:51 AM

So how is this more than marginally different from a Alpha 8045?

All this bs about construction difficulties.

Just take the damn pins ... clamp them... and cast the copper base around them.... no problems with gaps or heat transfer. Then just mill the base down....

I really don't understand why they are going to the trouble of having to insert the pins after the fact.

~~DriveEuro~~ · Dec 28, 2002, 01:18 PM

That makes total sense yeti.

ToshiroOC · Dec 28, 2002, 01:46 PM

Well, from the sound of things they make this particular one by casting them together, sorta like yeti said, except I think they were talking about having both of them at extreme temperatures and extreme pressures so the metal would act like a very viscous fluid and fill in it's own gaps... remember, the good HSF's nowadays may not be considered "conventional" by this companies standards...

Yeti · Dec 30, 2002, 12:39 PM

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And the fins will be inserted into holes in the copper base with a fin pitch of 1.9 millimetres

They intend to cast the base, drill holes... insert the pins... and then crush the malleable copper base (just a little) to remove the air pockets.

untweaked1 · Dec 30, 2002, 02:35 PM

how reliable is news from the inquirer ?

AlternateVirus · Dec 30, 2002, 11:15 PM

20% of all news from inquirer is reliable. :P

Dec 28, 2002, 06:53 AM	#2
Chrille DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	Sounds good to me ! 80% better cooling not bad. I hope it will come to sweden.

Dec 28, 2002, 10:51 AM	#3
Yeti DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 662 Rep Power: 0	Wait Wait... don't tell me So how is this more than marginally different from a Alpha 8045? All this bs about construction difficulties. Just take the damn pins ... clamp them... and cast the copper base around them.... no problems with gaps or heat transfer. Then just mill the base down.... I really don't understand why they are going to the trouble of having to insert the pins after the fact. __________________ --Oh lord not again

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ToshiroOC Unbiased. Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4,812 Rep Power: 0	Well, from the sound of things they make this particular one by casting them together, sorta like yeti said, except I think they were talking about having both of them at extreme temperatures and extreme pressures so the metal would act like a very viscous fluid and fill in it's own gaps... remember, the good HSF's nowadays may not be considered "conventional" by this companies standards... __________________ [img][/img] [color=White]Peace be with you, Joe.[/color] Driverheaven Staff Member (Supermoderator)

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~~DriveEuro~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	That makes total sense yeti.

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untweaked1 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	how reliable is news from the inquirer ?

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AlternateVirus DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 282 Rep Power: 0	20% of all news from inquirer is reliable. :P