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| So here are our modified heat sinks. The modified Intel heat sink (that few people love) only preformed at about 60% of its capacity compared to the stock fan. |
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Summary
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So now we set out to test this rig against the stock fan. We used 2 heat sinks for this project. We had another heat sink that had been mounted on a motherboard in a system we use for about 3 months. As we didn’t want to wait for our thermal compound to fully cure we decided to use this heat sink and clip on and off our mod. First we used the stock cooler as it was installed. The system idled at about 29C and we peaked at 41C as was confirmed by our IR heat reading gun. These are fairly standard measurements for this type of cooler.
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Now we swapped out our ion wind generator. As you can see if we used this heat sink in an actual pc we would turn the heat sink around so we were venting through the back of the case. The system idled at about 34C and we peaked at 48C as was confirmed by our IR heat reading gun. While these are warmer than say a gaming enthusiast would prefer this falls well within the standard users system needs.
This is a fun and easy project to experiment with this technology. We have had recently a company express interest in this technology for use in their product line. After talking with them at length about its strengths and weaknesses they decided that it wasn’t where they wanted to go as it didn’t target the gamer market. Silent pc accessories and components are gaining more and more promise and interest in the market. People are sick and tired of listening to their system fans humming. Threes a good market out there for anyone looking to work with quiet products and worst case we can always make our own! |
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