Heat Sink Ideas

[AphexDreamer]

I just had this crazy thought for a Heat Sink design. Looking to hear opinion on this.

What if a PC case (perhaps a full tower) was made entirely of aluminum or a mixed with copper and was designed to attach to your CPU as a heat sink, so that your entire PC case dissipated heat?

Maybe even have the whole case looks like a giant heat sink, with the spaces and all. I guess it would allow more dust in but if you set up fans and right air pressure, surly it would work?

Or if not that, how about a case designed for a specific heat sink that protrudes out the case and perhaps screws on the top or sides of the case so that larger heat sinks can be used outside of the case.

Limitations? Would the length of the tubes be to long causing it to impracticably dissipate heat?

If i'm not clear, I can try to explain better. Perhaps this all just fail... in which case I'd like to know

[Psychoholic]

Great idea, but i think one of the big case manufacturers did something like that 5 or 6 years ago, cant remember who it was. Thermaltake or possibly zalman.


EDIT : it was zalman, really expensive though.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html

[sneekypeet]

It seemed to me it had been done, but tech as far as heat pipes and all have gotten better since. Could be worth a redo

[AphexDreamer]

Originally Posted by Psychoholic

Great idea, but i think one of the big case manufacturers did something like that 5 or 6 years ago, cant remember who it was. Thermaltake or possibly zalman.


EDIT : it was zalman, really expensive though.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html

Cool. Still pretty expensive! and its been out since 2003.

They should develop more cases like this! You can get some pretty cool looking and effective cooling cases by using them as the heat sinks, surely.

[DanishDevil]

Zalman TNN (totally no noise) series.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article302-page1.html

Edit: Beat you to it psycho

[JrRacinFan]

You probly haven't seen this Aphex!
CypriUm - The Ultimate Water Loop Case

[Batou1986]

I remember seeing heatpipes made by a company a while back that where like flat rectangular bars.
They could be mounted and then bent they where like the width of a cpu and long enough to make contact with say an alluminum case

but i cant find the link at the moment

Similar to this product http://www.thermotekusa.com/tm_phaseplane.php

[AphexDreamer]

Originally Posted by JrRacinFan

You probly haven't seen this Aphex!
CypriUm - The Ultimate Water Loop Case

Sweet!

Still, lots of potential in this PC Case as a Heat Sink thing. Wish more manufactures would do this.

[erocker]

Here's one Darsaber reviewed: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/I...KISSS_Coolset/

[Sinzia]

I recall a newish HTPC case that connected via heatpipes, and it was reviewed not too long ago, I dont remember where, or what name however.

[erocker]

Originally Posted by erocker

Here's one Darsaber reviewed: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/I...KISSS_Coolset/

Originally Posted by Sinzia

I recall a newish HTPC case that connected via heatpipes, and it was reviewed not too long ago, I dont remember where, or what name however.

Tick the link in the post above you.