Quote:
Originally posted by satanicoo
the idea was really to use the small area, because, since the amd core is so small, only a small area of the fins would get hot.
|
Not so actually. With air you need as large of area as possible. Therefor you use a good thick base that will spread the heat out to the fins. In water cooling you make a thin base so the heat doesn't spread out before it can be cooled, but air cooling isn't as efficent so you have to get that heat spread out on a MUCH larger surface area so it can be displaced by the less efficent air. Thats why air coolers are so big.
Remember the worst the cooling capacity of the coolant, the larger area that is needed to cool said area as it will need a lot more of the coolant to make up for lack of cooling capacity.