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Heat pipe cooling
I've been looking at the different kinds of CPU/Vid card heat pipe heat sinks, and something crossed my mind. Is there any that have a forced air system blowing through the heatpipes? Something like a small fan blowing into a manifold that's connected to the heatpipes and exhausting through open pipe ends. This seems like a better way to dissapate heat other than conduction/convection through fins.
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Stark Raving MOD
maybe I'm not following you right, but heatpipes are sealed and have liquid in them. you can't blow air through them.
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I didn't know that heatpipes were liquid filled. But, would forced air be better than static (non moving) coolant?
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Stark Raving MOD
no, the liquid has a higher thermal conductivity than air. The liquid is moving via capillary action.
THE HEATSINK GUIDE: Heat pipe information
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OK, I think I've got it. But , are both ends of the heatpipes capped off? Or, are they one continuos loop of pipe?
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Stark Raving MOD
each end is capped. it's not a loop. basically hot liquid goes up, cooled liquid moves down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_pipe
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Ultimate Member
Have you looked at the Deluxed or special editions of the ASUS mobos?
they all come with heat pipes, and yes with air fan induction.
me using 1 as we speak
Originally Posted by dawgtuff
I've been looking at the different kinds of CPU/Vid card heat pipe heat sinks, and something crossed my mind. Is there any that have a forced air system blowing through the heatpipes? Something like a small fan blowing into a manifold that's connected to the heatpipes and exhausting through open pipe ends. This seems like a better way to dissapate heat other than conduction/convection through fins.
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