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A Look At The World of Heatsinks

Posted by Hemos on from the sales-folks dept.

A reader writes: "There's an interview with Glenn Summerfield, Senior Sales Associate for Alpha Novatech (USA) that talks about heat sinks and where some of it is going." Alpha Novatech is one of the big boys in the field of heat sinks - the responses do have a bit of "salestalk" for Alpha Novatech, but seeing industry thoughts on watercooling vs. aircooling and such is interesting, nonetheless.

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  1. Re:Not quite sure I understand the appeal... by T.i.m · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually some people think 0.1 GHz is worth about $400.
    Prise comparision from a randomly selected computerstore: (http://www.chapsat.com/)

    Intel P4 1.9GHz 478pin FC-PGA $910
    Intel P4 2.0GHz 478pin FC-PGA $1330

    Okey I know it is kind of extreme but my point is people can do alot for some mhz.
    (Just look at the amount of work they put in to opverclock their high end PC:s.

    Yup... thats my point

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