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Quiet Cooling With a Copper Foam Heatsink

Posted by Soulskill on from the doubles-as-a-dish-scraper dept.

Zothecula writes: The Silent Power PC is claimed to be the first high-end PC able to ditch noisy electric fans in favor of fully passive cooling. In place of a conventional fan, the unit uses an open-air metal foam heatsink that boasts an enormous surface area thanks to the open-weave copper filaments of which it's composed. The Silent Power creators claim that the circulation of air through the foam is so efficient in dissipating heat that the exterior surface temperature never rises above 50 C (122 F) in normal use.

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  1. Brillo-iant! by boristdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    And you can keep the pots and pans clean!

    1. Re:Brillo-iant! by plover · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but does it do windows?

      </ducks>

      --
      John
  2. Re:As Flammable as Steel Wool? by jones_supa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure the engineers have taken care of that problem. As a matter of fact, I'm just testing the product and...oh shit, my shirt is on fire...

  3. Re:Perfect by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe they should add a fan to blow the dust out.

  4. Re:As Flammable as Steel Wool? by RivenAleem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just dial: 0118 999 881 999 119 725 3