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Originally posted by pHaestus
Jaydee I am pretty sure ion was replying to my whining ass, as my post was numbered 1,2,3
Oh you CAN dissipate this heat with passive heatpipes all right. BUT AT WHAT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL?
This is the same sort of way that HWLabs get rated for heat dissipation I think; huge difference between the water and air. Will be same thing with components in the Zalman most likely.
I have a 1600+ XP that runs with a fan at 5V on it at 75-80C in the summertime. Case temps are low 40s. In that particular case I care more about silence than about cooling. We'll see how the Zalman system compares to just big heatsinks with 5V fans or better yet water cooling with a couple of 5V L1A or Stealth 120s.
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Yeah after I replied I realized he may not be refering to me. Didn't feel like deleting it all though as I feel it was usefull info.
Yes I agree is can be passivly cool. I was just using the unspoken guide lines we wanted our system to be somewhat opperational. T-breds and Bartons are only rated to like 85C now as opposed to 90+C they used to be. Not sure what the Athlon 64's and P4's rating are. I would not feel comfortable running over 60C continuously though. If you buy a freaking expensive case for your computer I would expect it to be able to handle full load temps from games and D.C. projects and multimedia apps.
This setup from Zalaman seems like a run for an hour and shut off for an hour type of thing. Sooner or later the heat is going to overwhelm the passive capabilities and start causing problems unless the room is air conditioned to chilly temp.
But this is specualtion. If we don't know what the thing can do we really can't say much. I assume they are on to something to have spent so much time and money developing this thing. Or maybe they are screwed and can't admit it to the boss. This whole send the prototype out might just be an attempt to keep the investors happy that something is being accomplished with their money. Maybe not. hard to say without some numbers to show it works or not.