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Zalman Showcase Massive P4 Heatsink

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-need-a-bigger-case dept.

Kez writes "I couldn't express the size of this heatsink in the space provided for the subject of this post. It's the size of a small country and when the fan is running, turbulence from it means a no-fly zone needs to enforced above it. At Hexus.net we've got a picture of this behemoth."

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  1. Re:Wow, by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 5, Informative

    For all of you who can't see it, there's a picture of a heatsink - with six or eight heatpipes up to a 6-inch fan surrounded by copper fins - with a pack of cigarettes for comparison. It would make the heatsink over 1 foot tall. The text refers to 25 cubic meters per second of airflow, and a 1400 watt power requirement.

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  2. MIRROR by DJ_Goldfingerz · · Score: 5, Informative

    This should be the link for the mirror.

    Now let's start the "How slashdot should mirror before posting" thread.

  3. PICTURE by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 5, Informative

    Took me a bit to dig through the cache, but here's a pic: Zalman Big Cooler

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  4. Mirror of pic by Alien54 · · Score: 5, Informative
    This not hosted on GeoCities, but on a file host tested by the power of F***

    Mirror here

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  5. Re:Wow, by sixteenraisins · · Score: 4, Informative

    This was an almost-believable story. The biggest flaw is the 6-inch fan capable of moving 25 cubic meters of air per second, or on the order of 54,000 cfm.

    A fan that size isn't measured in watts, it's measured in horsepower. An axial (propeller) fan capable of moving that much air might be about six feet in diameter and be driven by a 10 hp motor.

    Maybe there's a typo in there - 25 cubic meters per minute (I know, not a proper SI unit) would be about 900 cfm, much more believable for a 6" fan, but still howling.

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  6. Re:Wow, by WasteOfAmmo · · Score: 5, Informative
    Before your read through all the following posts stating "why it can't be real" and "holy crap is that huge" and "size does matter", read this:

    From this picture it looks like the picture that everyone is talking about is the marketing display unit on the left. This looks like a blown up version of the real unit (shown on the right side of the picture) used for the purposes of trade shows (and slash dot advertising) only!

    The quoted article is obviously a joke about the marketing version and not refering to the real heatsink unit shown on the right of the linked picture. Even though the real unit is not as large as a small dog and does not use 1.4 kW of power it is still an impressive unit.

    Yep, most of the above is my take on the article and may not be 100% correct but it does make more sense then the OP and some of the comments below.

    M.