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peregrine · 11-12-2002, 04:12 AM

Copper is heavy, harder to work with and easy to warp/distort.

That means a heatsink that can be more expensive and weigh more than half a kilo (this on a fragile cpu). Most people just aren't willing to go this far for cooling.

edit: forgot to mention i was talking about copper

11-12-2002, 04:12 AM	#16
peregrine Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 15	Copper is heavy, harder to work with and easy to warp/distort. That means a heatsink that can be more expensive and weigh more than half a kilo (this on a fragile cpu). Most people just aren't willing to go this far for cooling. edit: forgot to mention i was talking about copper __________________ AthlonXP 1900+ @ 1.75Ghz; 1.85V - Alpha PAL 8045 w. 50cfm Sunon AOpen AK77-8x Max Leadtek Winfast GF3 ti-200 Last edited by peregrine; 11-19-2002 at 10:27 AM.