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There's currently a discussion tangent to this post in the "CPUs & OC'ing" forum addressing the pros and cons of NT-H1 versus CLU and ICD TIM pastes. Someone had also PM'd me about some matter of a TIM and a cooler like the EVGA ACX.
Seeking more ways to have fun, with other imperatives to cracking open the side-panel, I'm looking again at CLU and IX. The cooler has direct-touch pipes and base shown clearly in an upside-down view of the Newegg photo gallery here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835288004
So the base showing small ribs between the copper heatpipes is made of aluminum. Original Liquid Pro and Liquid Ultra both corrode aluminum.
Indigo Xtreme does not, and is good with either copper, nickel, aluminum or Al in combination with either Cu or Ni. But Indigo Xtreme's installation guide discourages the use of certain coolers likely made with a direct-touch feature:
http://www.indigo-xtreme.com/page-dba.pdf
The guide doesn't vary much from the original IX, addressing the new product Indigo Xtreme XS. Note specifically the wording:
Unsupported Heat Sink Types:
. . . or surfaces with channels between mounting base and heat pipes are incompatible with Indigo XS.
The language of the manual attempts in whole to be syntactically precise and clear in meaning. Here, they specifically talk about visually-apparent channels between the pipes themselves and the base, and plainly show black crevices.
I don't see any "channels" on the EVGA cooler. Do YOU see any channels? I think the meaning of the installation guide is clear, given the general attempt at clarity despite some few flaws I discovered in verb conjugation, diction, usage or syntax. I think they're deliberately avoiding exclusion of direct-touch units without "channels."
Why would it matter, though, if there weren't unbroken contact between the cooler base and IHS? They note that there is left some part of the metal-pad which acts as a sort of retainer or dam for the reflow part. If the base is bigger than the IHS, would not such a feature function properly -- if not overlapped by any crevices, gaps or "channels?"
Seeking more ways to have fun, with other imperatives to cracking open the side-panel, I'm looking again at CLU and IX. The cooler has direct-touch pipes and base shown clearly in an upside-down view of the Newegg photo gallery here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835288004
So the base showing small ribs between the copper heatpipes is made of aluminum. Original Liquid Pro and Liquid Ultra both corrode aluminum.
Indigo Xtreme does not, and is good with either copper, nickel, aluminum or Al in combination with either Cu or Ni. But Indigo Xtreme's installation guide discourages the use of certain coolers likely made with a direct-touch feature:
http://www.indigo-xtreme.com/page-dba.pdf
The guide doesn't vary much from the original IX, addressing the new product Indigo Xtreme XS. Note specifically the wording:
Unsupported Heat Sink Types:
. . . or surfaces with channels between mounting base and heat pipes are incompatible with Indigo XS.
The language of the manual attempts in whole to be syntactically precise and clear in meaning. Here, they specifically talk about visually-apparent channels between the pipes themselves and the base, and plainly show black crevices.
I don't see any "channels" on the EVGA cooler. Do YOU see any channels? I think the meaning of the installation guide is clear, given the general attempt at clarity despite some few flaws I discovered in verb conjugation, diction, usage or syntax. I think they're deliberately avoiding exclusion of direct-touch units without "channels."
Why would it matter, though, if there weren't unbroken contact between the cooler base and IHS? They note that there is left some part of the metal-pad which acts as a sort of retainer or dam for the reflow part. If the base is bigger than the IHS, would not such a feature function properly -- if not overlapped by any crevices, gaps or "channels?"
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