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Captain Slug · 08-17-2006, 10:57 PM

Stupidity confirmed. I was pretty mixed up on how the two relate to eachother but I think I have it straightened out in my head. Aluminum only reaches ambient faster because it won't reach as high a temperature as a copper heatsink of similar c/w on the same heat load. So the copper heatsink has a higher temperature range to cross.

08-17-2006, 10:57 PM	#8
Captain Slug Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: VA Posts: 129	Re: Newbie wanting to make own cpu block. Stupidity confirmed. I was pretty mixed up on how the two relate to eachother but I think I have it straightened out in my head. Aluminum only reaches ambient faster because it won't reach as high a temperature as a copper heatsink of similar c/w on the same heat load. So the copper heatsink has a higher temperature range to cross.