new socket A HSF "Silverado" is made of PURE SILVER!!!

[UCBPride]

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q1/010306/index.html

drooooool....

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Actually, just the base is silver... this silver "base" is screwed into an aluminum outer heatsink.


Mike

 

[lifeguard1999]

And the point of this silver heatsink base is ... ?

Marketing.

Copper is nearly as good as silver at transferring heat, and costs less. If you look at the reviews, a good heatsink design coupled with a good fan always works best. You can take a mediocre heatsink and couple it with an awesome (loud) fan and make it look good.

 

[RupTheKid]

Not necessarily marketing - silver is a much softer metal than copper, and thus with crumbling AMD dyes there is good reason for a softer metal.

Rup

 

[BurntKooshie]

It's more because silver is a better thermal conductor than copper, which is better than aluminum. That's why the base is silver (if it were solid silver, it'd be too expensive).