Web research: Carbon Fibre heatsinks?

nev_payne · 23-March-05, 06:08 AM

Copper silver and gold are the first things that come to mind when you mention performance heatsink to a teki. Tell him the carbon fibres another option and they'd probably laugh at you unless they know they physics and chemisty well enough. Carbon in its purest form - diamond can push and shove 2000W/mk...this however is expensive and no one wants a $30'000 heatsink in their system. Carbon fibre however, when produced in a "fluffy state" can push up to 520W/mk....100 more than silver....its also very light weight, ultra strong and costs as much as a can o' coke.

Frosty Tech shows the new system, that uses what appreas to be a liquid colling solution with the fluffy pipes attached.

LINKAGE HERE...this however, may well be a few years untill it hits the desktop market.

Spectrum · 23-March-05, 06:22 AM

That's just plain interesting. I expected that eventually for extreme high end systems, people would resort to forms of carbon, diamond was my thought, not natural ones, but man made ones, but I never gave carbon fiber a thought. Very nice linkage.

nev_payne · 23-March-05, 06:27 AM

no problem at all

TYCOON · 23-March-05, 07:06 PM

And here I thought carbon was made out of wood or something

$SOLID$ Necro · 25-March-05, 05:26 AM

Love watchin this stuff come to life..can't wait!

Jonny English · 25-March-05, 05:51 AM

Anyone know how to convert Btu ft/hr F to W/mk?

(Thermal Conductivity of Ceramics).

23-March-05, 06:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
nev_payne Apex Tech God Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Somerset, England UK........ News Threads: 8,143 Posts: 4,085	Web research: Carbon Fibre heatsinks? Copper silver and gold are the first things that come to mind when you mention performance heatsink to a teki. Tell him the carbon fibres another option and they'd probably laugh at you unless they know they physics and chemisty well enough. Carbon in its purest form - diamond can push and shove 2000W/mk...this however is expensive and no one wants a $30'000 heatsink in their system. Carbon fibre however, when produced in a "fluffy state" can push up to 520W/mk....100 more than silver....its also very light weight, ultra strong and costs as much as a can o' coke. Frosty Tech shows the new system, that uses what appreas to be a liquid colling solution with the fluffy pipes attached. LINKAGE HERE...this however, may well be a few years untill it hits the desktop market. __________________ You have reached Nev's Voicemail. Please leave a message in the PM. Thank-you.

23-March-05, 06:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Spectrum Former GameApex Editor Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,669	That's just plain interesting. I expected that eventually for extreme high end systems, people would resort to forms of carbon, diamond was my thought, not natural ones, but man made ones, but I never gave carbon fiber a thought. Very nice linkage. __________________

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Jonny English Etiquette & English Gentleman Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,766	Anyone know how to convert Btu ft/hr F to W/mk? (Thermal Conductivity of Ceramics). __________________ [img] [/img]

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