Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:18:27 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FreeBSD hardware Users <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? Message-ID: <199801290548.QAA01519@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:47:37 -0800." <199801290547.VAA04808@MindBender.serv.net>
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> Are all the peltien effect coolers currently on the market not > sufficient? Do the ones designed for Pentiums not fit K6 (or Cyrix) > chips? Most should fit the K6; all of the Cyrix parts I've seen have come with enormous heatsinks permanently attached. > I'm curious because I've been thinking about picking one up for some > time now... I'm curious if they work better than a big heat sink and > really good ball-bearing fan. They'll work better than an equivalently-sized heatsink without the pump module would. The real problem is that nobody seems prepared to actually attach the sort of heatsink that 40+W of dissipation to free air requires to a processor. What I *had* considered implementing was a fluid coolant system, just as soon as I managed to work out a way of getting my P6 above room temperature. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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