just looking around I found an interview. pretty neat!
<< ICRONTIC: The heat sink shroud is also becoming more and more popular. How should the shroud be used with the heat sink and fan?
ALPHA: Hopefully, this will clear up some confusion. The shroud, or intake cover serves two purposes. First, it decreases the amount of fan noise created by the close proximity of the blades to the fins/pins. Secondly, it increased the performance, when it is set to pull air through the heat sink. >>
interesting.. like I thought, it depends on the situation that the heatsink is in. at their labs, I don't think they're running the heatsink with warm ambient air near the bottom and cool ambient air near the top (which I think would partly simulate the typical PC, though to complete that, you'd have to tip it on it's side!).
<< ICRONTIC: The heat sink shroud is also becoming more and more popular. How should the shroud be used with the heat sink and fan?
ALPHA: Hopefully, this will clear up some confusion. The shroud, or intake cover serves two purposes. First, it decreases the amount of fan noise created by the close proximity of the blades to the fins/pins. Secondly, it increased the performance, when it is set to pull air through the heat sink. >>
interesting.. like I thought, it depends on the situation that the heatsink is in. at their labs, I don't think they're running the heatsink with warm ambient air near the bottom and cool ambient air near the top (which I think would partly simulate the typical PC, though to complete that, you'd have to tip it on it's side!).
