From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 28 22:23:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA08380 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:23:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA08367 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:22:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA23609; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:52:40 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id QAA16849; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:52:40 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980129165240.17039@lemis.com> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:52:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" , FreeBSD hardware Users Subject: Re: Heat sinks and coolers: grease or pad? References: <199801290601.WAA05010@MindBender.serv.net> <199801290606.QAA01639@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199801290606.QAA01639@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 04:36:00PM +1030 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hardware" On Thu, Jan 29, 1998 at 04:36:00PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> Check out Tom's hardware page... Pay attention to the Kryotech >> cooler and the 375MHz K6... :-) >> >> http://www.tomshardware.com/kryotech.html > > To quote the spectator at the other end of the office: "I'm sure the > magnetic field generated by your average freezer compressor does your > computer whole bunches of good". I'd imagine that depends on the distance between the two. > This falls right in there with Monster Cable and valve amplifiers. Well, not quite. -40°C is not the same as +20°C. How you achieve the coolth is a different matter. Greg