now this is a cool cooler

nanotechnology is rather expensive to manufacutre from what ive heard, so im assuming that since its ment to market against W/C setups it would cost around $100+
 
Very interesting, I get the nanotube contact area part of it, but wtf is the rest of that thing susposed to do, Hydro Jet !

Thats worth a google.


Hey Kyle, check that bad boy out while you are over there !
 
i get the bit about the carbon nanotubes being a could thermal interface material but maybe i missed somthing because i still dont understand what does the cooling on this heatsink - is it water cooled or does it have fins for air cooling
 
On a technical note, that is not actually made of carbon nanotubes as manufacturing a full base with carbon nanotubes would be ridiculously expensive. It is actually made of directional graphite which is similiar and much cheaper and theoretically should transfer heat very well.
 
Simpson5774 said:
I think he means like heatpipes, not watercooling, watercooling involves a coolant and a pump, heatpipes use evaporation.
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Right. From what I can tell, it's a system that uses some sort of liquid rather than straight metal (or carbon) to transfer heat.

This has been done before, and has failed.
 
gchanjam said:
On a technical note, that is not actually made of carbon nanotubes as manufacturing a full base with carbon nanotubes would be ridiculously expensive.
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Not to mention the difficulty associated with arranging such a large surface of tubes perfectly... I'm not sure if it could even be done properly as of right now.
 
Arcygenical said:
Not to mention the difficulty associated with arranging such a large surface of tubes perfectly... I'm not sure if it could even be done properly as of right now.
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Nanotubes damnit! pay attention! it has the word nano... people love that.
 
nanotastic also. mmmm goes well with the chicken. ;)

in all seriousness, this sort of reminds me of looking at things through a block of pure calcite..(edit: actually what I am thinking of is called a Nicol prism).. looks like it brings the image to the face of the crystal by channeling light in a direct path from face to face (crude description)... seems like that's what those nanotubes are trying to do with heat..
 
gchanjam said:
On a technical note, that is not actually made of carbon nanotubes as manufacturing a full base with carbon nanotubes would be ridiculously expensive. It is actually made of directional graphite which is similiar and much cheaper and theoretically should transfer heat very well.
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They use graphene and roll it into a cylinder. It is around one molecule thick or something like that.

I just want to know how heavy that SOB is. Five pound heatsinks FTW! :eek:
 
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