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Old Jul 13, 2011, 03:31 PM   #3701
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Originally Posted by Velvet Wafer View Post
idea sounds very good, i just cant understand, how the heat transfers effectively to the fins, if there is effectively an air gap between the base plate and the cooling fins... until now we needed TIM to fill air gaps, as air is very bad at transferring heat. if they would enclose it, and fill the gap with water,or a very liquid form of TIM, it could probably work tho, as i imagine
the gap is very small, microns in size (0.001) so not much air and the air that's there gets hot which heats the spinning fins apparently it's more efficient than a standard cooler using the FFHS style including those that use heat pipes

they also say it's very quiet even at high RPM's
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