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Cova · 01-24-2003, 10:22 AM

I assume ya typo'd and meant msn - I don't have that, just ICQ

Oh well, we'll do it the hard way, just e-mail me. rob at baumstark dot ca.

As for the whole silver thing, I'd love to have a silver one but I think it would cost more than I want to pay. It's almost worth it just for the no-tarnish though. Also makes me wonder why we haven't seen gold-plated HS/WB bottoms yet. They do it to the ends of virtually every audio/video cable it can't be too hard/expensive for a thin layer. And with the properties of gold it should both prevent tarnishing, and perhaps be soft enough that with a high-pressure hold-down you wouldn't need any thermal-grease. I think gold also conducts heat better than silver too (I'm quite possibly wrong on that though) which wouldn't normally make any difference at all at that thickness, but if it was soft enough to BE the TIM then it would make a damn good TIM.

Edit:
I'll try and hang around in pro-chat when I can today too, though I'm stuck with the java client for now and my work firewall likes to disconnect me randomly.

01-24-2003, 10:22 AM	#57
Cova Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 247	I assume ya typo'd and meant msn - I don't have that, just ICQ Oh well, we'll do it the hard way, just e-mail me. rob at baumstark dot ca. As for the whole silver thing, I'd love to have a silver one but I think it would cost more than I want to pay. It's almost worth it just for the no-tarnish though. Also makes me wonder why we haven't seen gold-plated HS/WB bottoms yet. They do it to the ends of virtually every audio/video cable it can't be too hard/expensive for a thin layer. And with the properties of gold it should both prevent tarnishing, and perhaps be soft enough that with a high-pressure hold-down you wouldn't need any thermal-grease. I think gold also conducts heat better than silver too (I'm quite possibly wrong on that though) which wouldn't normally make any difference at all at that thickness, but if it was soft enough to BE the TIM then it would make a damn good TIM. Edit: I'll try and hang around in pro-chat when I can today too, though I'm stuck with the java client for now and my work firewall likes to disconnect me randomly. Last edited by Cova; 01-24-2003 at 10:40 AM.