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ummm, what motherboard do you have? what are you looking to get? and yes, Arctic silver will be necessary.
 
EDIT: Nevermind, I found out that copper absorbs heat better, but aluminum dissipates it to the air better. So if your'e going passive, go with aluminum. If you're going copper you need a high cfm fan.
 
Originally posted by: desertraider001
EDIT: Nevermind, I found out that copper absorbs heat better, but aluminum dissipates it to the air better. So if your'e going passive, go with aluminum. If you're going copper you need a high cfm fan.
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my CPU heatsink is 100% copper and doesn't have a high CFM fan on it, yet my cpu runs at 35 degrees C :scratches head;
 
I repeat, what information did you use to reach that conclusion? I think you may have either found wrong information, or your grasp on the thermodynamic properties of metals is not quite at the level required to make such a statement.
 
Originally posted by: Kakumba
I repeat, what information did you use to reach that conclusion? I think you may have either found wrong information, or your grasp on the thermodynamic properties of metals is not quite at the level required to make such a statement.
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Where have you ever heard othereise?

What desertraider001 stated is true. Think about it; when is the last time you've seen a passive copper heatsink?
 
hmmm, time for a google. as we all know, copper will get the heat away from your chipset faster, thus getting it to the fins or whatever that particular heatsink has faster, and if the metal itself is at a higher temp than the air surrounding it, the air will be heated, and the copper cooled. I will try to dig up the equation to calculate how quickly the heat would be transferred to the air (its been a while since I did calculus, I may be some time)

EDIT: Also, why are copper heatsinks preferred, even if they cost more? just take a look at the OCZ ramsinks, which most people regard as being pretty well the best. Know what they are made of? Copper is always the preferred material, its just that it costs more.
 
Originally posted by: desertraider001
EDIT: Nevermind, I found out that copper absorbs heat better, but aluminum dissipates it to the air better. So if your'e going passive, go with aluminum. If you're going copper you need a high cfm fan.
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This is actually true! Although a lot of people will disagree, Al dissipates heat better than Cu compare to the same surface area. On the otherhand, Cu absorbs heat better than Al. This is the main reason they came with the hybrid design of copper core and aluminum fins on more effective HS.
 
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