No heatsink?

Dolph · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 81

What would happen if you used no heatsink and instead just had a powerful fan (like a tornado) just blowing directly on your cpu? Would this work?
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JayDubya · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject:

never, !NEVER! use a cpu without a heatsink. even with the fan, the cpu would probably burn up. the heatsink is designed to increase the area that the heat can dissipate off. using a fan on just the cpu core would result in a very inefficient cooling solution.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject:

Jay is right you HAVE to have a heatsink on the cpu.
The cpu creates so much heat that the small surface area cant handle it. It would just go up in smoke. But with the large chunk of metal, the heatsink, the cpu wicks the heat away from the core to the heatsink there by lowering the temps fo the cpu. It is thru this thermal conduction that the cpu lives.
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gk22coe · TweakNOOB Joined: 10 Nov 2003 Posts: 210 Location: TN

yea.. you have to have a heatsink to spead the heat out and have more surface area for the fan to cool it
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

^^^What they all said.
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Dolph · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 81

Ok, what about a heatsink without a fan, well cooled case, not overclocked?
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

I wouldn't.

You can get some silent fans that are not even detectable.

Don't sacrafice your computer for a couple of decibels.
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JayDubya · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:01 pm Post subject:

^^seconded
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meobius · Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:09 pm Post subject:

if you want it really quiet get a zalman... they are barely audible.
Other than that... watercooling?