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Long Haired Git · 05-28-2005, 03:58 PM

Not all the watts go into the water, especially when they run significantly hotter than the ambient in the case.
The CPU socket, motherboard, and electrical traces all get warmer, and then are all kept at a stable temperature via air currents within the case.
However, I'd not be suprised a full sized radiator outperforms a large heatercore.

05-28-2005, 03:58 PM	#13
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	Not all the watts go into the water, especially when they run significantly hotter than the ambient in the case. The CPU socket, motherboard, and electrical traces all get warmer, and then are all kept at a stable temperature via air currents within the case. However, I'd not be suprised a full sized radiator outperforms a large heatercore. __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)