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player · 28-April-03, 02:53 PM

Can anyone explain me what is a heatsink what do we use them do I have it on my computer?

thnaks

Ben · 28-April-03, 03:05 PM

A heatsinkis a metal device that is designed for good heat transfer, making it easy to disdsapate heat.

Some are made out of aluminium, others copper, or both.

Unless you have a Pentium 1, You have a heatsink. It is usally an aluminum block with a fan on it.

Edit for HTML whoopsi.

godzilla451 · 05-May-03, 04:58 AM

the thing with the fins on it

DuckWarrior · 05-May-03, 09:37 AM

You dont really need a heatsink...
Your computer could last for a long time without one, years even.
Oh, did you want to turn it on?
Well that's another story!

Heatsink:
When electicity travels through a conductor it generates heat.
Heat slows the travel of electricity
A cpu (your Processor) has massive amounts of pathways that electricity passes through and generates a great amount of heat to the point of burning itself up
Like a gasoline engine your CPU needs to be cooled to funtion properly.
Heat can be transfered to metals, Liquids or combonations of the two. Some better than others
By placing a big slab of copper on top of the CPU you have a heat conductor which will draw the heat away from your CPU.
By cutting a single slice into the same copper slab, you have increased the surface area of the slab and increased it's cooling capability.
By making many cuts into that slab, you have increased the cooling capability greatly.
The more surface area a heatsink has, the better.
Now add a fan to cool the copper and you have a Heatsink

Hope this helps

Fu3lman · 05-May-03, 09:42 AM

add your head and you have a unique yet risque berret

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28-April-03, 03:05 PM		#2 (permalink)
Ben Mote-Hoe-Cross	A heatsinkis a metal device that is designed for good heat transfer, making it easy to disdsapate heat. Some are made out of aluminium, others copper, or both. Unless you have a Pentium 1, You have a heatsink. It is usally an aluminum block with a fan on it. Edit for HTML whoopsi.

05-May-03, 04:58 AM		#3 (permalink)
godzilla451 Apex Master Tech Apprentice	the thing with the fins on it

05-May-03, 09:37 AM		#4 (permalink)
DuckWarrior Retired Admin In Charge of Death and Destruction to All those Who Oppose My World known as PimpRig	You dont really need a heatsink... Your computer could last for a long time without one, years even. Oh, did you want to turn it on? Well that's another story! Heatsink: When electicity travels through a conductor it generates heat. Heat slows the travel of electricity A cpu (your Processor) has massive amounts of pathways that electricity passes through and generates a great amount of heat to the point of burning itself up Like a gasoline engine your CPU needs to be cooled to funtion properly. Heat can be transfered to metals, Liquids or combonations of the two. Some better than others By placing a big slab of copper on top of the CPU you have a heat conductor which will draw the heat away from your CPU. By cutting a single slice into the same copper slab, you have increased the surface area of the slab and increased it's cooling capability. By making many cuts into that slab, you have increased the cooling capability greatly. The more surface area a heatsink has, the better. Now add a fan to cool the copper and you have a Heatsink Hope this helps

05-May-03, 09:42 AM		#5 (permalink)
Fu3lman Light My Fire	add your head and you have a unique yet risque berret