From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 28 21:55:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA04011 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:55:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA03966 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:55:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA01519; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:18:27 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801290548.QAA01519@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" cc: Greg Lehey , Mike Smith , FreeBSD hardware Users Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:47:37 -0800." <199801290547.VAA04808@MindBender.serv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:18:27 +1030 From: Mike Smith Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id VAA03973 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" > 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. \\