I read an article linked on anand's main page about using a silver dollar to increase the heat absorbtion of an aluminum heatsink. My duron 600@850 normally runs at 40 deg celsius. Under heavy load (quake3a ctf), it jumps to about 43 deg's.
Instead of using a silver dollar, I used a very thin sheet of copper to put under my global win fop 38. The cpu now idles at 39 deg celcius, and jumps to 40 under load. I'm gonna have to do more testing, and might even try a higher mulitiplier on my cpu. My guess is that the copper won't really "kick in" until extreme heat is generated.
so far, there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference to warrant going out and buying a piece of copper for your cpu, but if you have some laying around, I'd recommend trying. If any of you have some similar setups going, I'd greatly appreciate your results being posted.
Instead of using a silver dollar, I used a very thin sheet of copper to put under my global win fop 38. The cpu now idles at 39 deg celcius, and jumps to 40 under load. I'm gonna have to do more testing, and might even try a higher mulitiplier on my cpu. My guess is that the copper won't really "kick in" until extreme heat is generated.
so far, there doesn't seem to be enough of a difference to warrant going out and buying a piece of copper for your cpu, but if you have some laying around, I'd recommend trying. If any of you have some similar setups going, I'd greatly appreciate your results being posted.
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