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datora:
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--- Quote from: Saras on May 09, 2012, 06:24:55 PM ---Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
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Heard of a thing called "static electric discharge" ..? Now, imagine that your entire case is a solid sheet of copper. Connected directly to your CPU .......
Tatsujin:
I won't be doing this aquarium with mineral oil anymore. I saw like more videos and reviews and ... that's pretty disgusting. It would be cool to try it out with a really cheap computer, like one of the ones that you guys have built.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on May 10, 2012, 03:59:50 AM ---Celeron still uses more power, so in the end it costs more both in the short term and long term.
And you can knock $10 off that "cheapest rig evar" by going with the Atom. =P
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the celeron doesn't really use that much power imho.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/328069-28-2012-entry-level-desktop-intel-celeron-g530-performance-guide
(click to show/hide)under-volted idle
under-volted load
anyway, what you get in return with that little bump in wattage and a few bucks is 3-4x more cpu power? see it crunch 1080p HD using only the CPU >,>
kureshii:
--- Quote from: Saras on May 09, 2012, 06:24:55 PM ---Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
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Like http://hacknmod.com/hack/make-your-entire-case-a-massive-heat-sink/ ?
Saras:
--- Quote from: datora on May 10, 2012, 04:04:49 AM ---.
--- Quote from: Saras on May 09, 2012, 06:24:55 PM ---Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
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Heard of a thing called "static electric discharge" ..? Now, imagine that your entire case is a solid sheet of copper. Connected directly to your CPU .......
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Ground it?
--- Quote from: kureshii on May 10, 2012, 06:25:25 AM ---
--- Quote from: Saras on May 09, 2012, 06:24:55 PM ---Why not just make a whole case out of aluminium/copper and connect it to the heatsink. By extension creating a huge ass heat sink?
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Like http://hacknmod.com/hack/make-your-entire-case-a-massive-heat-sink/ ?
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Yes that's exactly what I meant.
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