WHAT WE ALL BE WAITING FOR!!!TRUE COPPER!!!!!!

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IT'S FINALLY HERE!TRUE COPPER!!!!

Is that really the best material for fins? Higher capacity but lower conductivity. Plus the board-bending weight.

copper is the best conductor better the aluminium.

The following materials are commonly used for heatsinks:

* Aluminum. It has a thermal conductivity of 205W/mK, which is good (as a comparison: steel has about 50W/mK). The production of aluminum heatsinks is inexpensive; they can be made using extrusion Due to its softness, aluminum can also be milled quickly; die-casting and even cold forging are also possible (see part 2 of this guide for more information about production methods). Aluminum is also very light (thus, an aluminum heatsink will put less stress on its mounting when the unit is moved around).

* Copper's thermal conductivity is about twice as high as aluminum - almost 400W/mK. This makes it an excellent material for heatsinks; but its disadvantages include high weight, high price, and less choice as far as production methods are concerned. Copper heatsinks can be milled, die-cast, or made of copper plates bonded together; extrusion is not possible.

* To combine the advantages of aluminum and copper, heatsinks can be made of aluminum and copper bonded together. Here, the area in contact with the heat source is made of copper, which helps lead the heat away to the outer parts of the heatsink. The first heatsink for PC CPUs with an embedded copper piece was the Alpha P7125 (for first-generation Slot A Athlon CPUs). Keep in mind that a copper embedding is only useful if it is tightly bonded to the aluminum part for good thermal transfer. This is not always the case, especially not with inexpensive coolers. If the thermal transfer between the copper and the aluminum is poor, the copper embedding may do more harm than good.


* Silver has an even higher thermal conductivity than copper, but only by about 10%. This does not justify the much higher price for heatsink production - however, pulverized silver is a common ingredient in high-end thermal compounds.


For more on heat sinks check out this site.


http://www.heatsink-guide.com/

Did someone say that AL is a better conductor than CU? I hope I'm reading it wrong.

ThermalRight Ultra Extreme

Right on the money.

With the surface area of the fins and the copper itself, I can't wait to see some test results using this heatink!

^^ Cinder block suspended by fishing line = same result.

cammsa, if you are going to quote another site you need to use the giant quote button to set it apart. Otherwise THG can get in trouble. Sometimes the quote button isn't even enough, depending on what you are quoting.

I suggest that you edit your post by highlighting the quoted text and clicking on the quote button.

All this talk of cracking motherboards....whats stopping somebody from turning their tower on its side??

I googled that cooler, and it sounds very interesting! I wonder how much it will cost....

i dont think that skinny ass can cool a Q6600@4Ghz.

i think suspenders will be included in the box with the TRUE Copper!haha

if you are willing to pay im sure you can order one from them directly

Gold is the 3rd best conductor. First is silver, then copper, then gold. I wonder how much more heavy it would be if it was silver or gold.

Your right Diamond is... Think they need to make manufactured diamonds now see this chart to see the difference in thermal condictivity. We need to move from copper to the Diamond era.

Aluminium 237
Gold 318
Copper 401
Silver 429
Diamond 900 - 2320

Next question would be forming the diamond into a solid design such as what we are used to seeing. Not like we can liquidate and make a mold for diamond to form how we want. over 2x the thermal capacity of thermal conductivity. Thanks eklipz for mentioning diamond.

Why do I need a car, I need a diamond cooler.

200K for a CPU cooler anyone?purely diamond made!LOL

Weight wouldn't be an issue if you had a non conductive material that would be like a foam like substance to carry the weight, just have to make sure you don't flex the board and I think it would carry anything you put on it.

200k for a heat sink that would be one of a kind made of diamond would be kewl, last longer than a lamborgini, and wouldn't cost anything to operate, and should also sustain its value too.

I wonder what the molecular weight of diamond is in comparison to copper, gold and silver.

lol agreed...^^

Also how do u compare Diamond to a lambo?!?!
Any car, as soon as u sit ur butt in that seat and turn on the engine for ur first drive, the resale value drops and continues to drop.

Diamonds actually go UP in resale value lol

well u got 2 choices w/ diamonds
a) put it on ur current/future wife's finger
or
b) use it as a awesome heatsink for ur computer LOL
Ill take the computer
U dont need fancy ones, just get off colored ones. Not as expensive

Highest thermal conductivity of any known material is carbon nanotubes.

how come frosty says the thermalright ultra has less performance than the ultra extreme? confused...

My TRUE silver sample pwns this.

sure the carbon part sounds cheap....

but the nanotubes part HAHA
ever heard of carbon fiber (not the same thing) but its still expensive same for nanotubes.

exotic metals are far from ever happening. Currently we see copper, aluminum, heatpipes, and fans. That sums up all current cooling options, but what is the next evolution for thinking outside the box. how can we dissipate 200 watts of heat energy using copper or aluminum? maybe a precharged r-134 circuit? Big pieces of metal aren't the answer.

i just carefully busted open a coolermaster gemini II heatpipe to see whats inside, to discover a powder substance. Anyone want to explain that one? perhaps it was filled with argon or some other inert gas?

yea, that is whats inside their (sort of liquid cooling in the pipes)
but a powdery substance is sort of weird, unless it reacted once u opened the pipe