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Dix Dogfight · 03-26-2002, 05:25 PM

If you gave us a litte more info the question would be easier to answer so ill just guess you have a heatsink that says it has a certain C/W (Celcius per Watt) listed as "cooling capacity" of "500 watts @ 20°C".
If the C/W would be something like 0.2 and ambient temp is 20°C and the amount of energy added to the heatsink is 500W. Then the heatsink would have a temperature of 0.2*500=100°C degrees above ambient =120°C.

03-26-2002, 05:25 PM	#2
Dix Dogfight Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 128	If you gave us a litte more info the question would be easier to answer so ill just guess you have a heatsink that says it has a certain C/W (Celcius per Watt) listed as "cooling capacity" of "500 watts @ 20°C". If the C/W would be something like 0.2 and ambient temp is 20°C and the amount of energy added to the heatsink is 500W. Then the heatsink would have a temperature of 0.2*500=100°C degrees above ambient =120°C. __________________ If it ain't broke, fix it. Setup: Dual Duron 1100 \| Voodoo 3 2000 \| Addtronics W8500(WTX) \| Eheim 1250 \| Car radiator \| 2 Innovatech WB \|