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Using Radiators to Cool CPUs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-I-guess-that'd-work dept.

dan writes "Overclockers Australia have a review up of the CPU Radiator Zen, a new approach to cooling your toasty CPU's. Rather than taking the traditional approach of a heatsink with lots of fins and a noisy 7,000rpm fan it uses radiator/heat pipe technology. The implementation of the unit is a bit flawed, but it is interesting to see where the technology is heading.. and if it can be done right I personally think this is where it will end up."

3 of 245 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Submerging circuit board in an inert liquid by Raptor+CK · · Score: 5, Informative

    You mean Fluorinert?

    I remember seeing an overclocking/cooling experiment with this somewhere. Cool stuff, until it turns to mustard gas.

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    Raptor
    "Procrastination is great. It gives me a lot more time to do things that I'm never going to do."
  2. Also reviewed... by Daniel+Rutter · · Score: 5, Informative
    ...by, ahem, me, as part of my monster cooler comparison.

    The Zen review is on page four.

  3. Health Issues by squaretorus · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is a documented link between low level noise and hearing and stress levels in those spending long times exposed to them.

    The hum of a fan, whatever it is cooling, is often at a level that you might strain to hear clearly. It is these levels that can cause hearing strain. This is similar to eye strain when you need glasses and can give you monster headaches.

    Many articles in New Scientist, among others, have covered this - normally relating to office environments.

    Symptoms can be migranes, and a persistant ringing / humming sound when you are in a silent room / trying to sleep. Its worth checking out if you feel any of these because the long term stress levels can be harmful.

    I don't know if its a problem for babies - but I know the effects are magnified many fold if you are exposed for long periods, i.e. all night. So I wouldn't leave the machine on 24/7 even if the baby doesn't seem bothered by it 'just in case'.