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Take a look at the memory pictured below the article (it's an interesting article on Computex and memory, feel free to read it): http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2443&p=4
:eek:What do ya think of that? Carbon fiber replacing aluminum and copper heatsinks? Could be an interesting way to cool other components.
i was thinking the same. it definetly looks good and they claim it works better than aluminium too. however, carbon is notorious of its great conductivity and it can cause problems. i think they are coating them with something electricaly non-conductive but it can still get damaged or melted. anyhow, i'd like to see this develope in the future
Yeah, I was thinking that the carbon fiber has to be coated or laced with something. I'm still amazed that CF has better cooling properties than typical metal heatsinks. What type of paste do you suppose might be "useable" with carbon fiber?
i think regular as5 or ceramique will work just fine. now the other thing i wonder about is the coating they will spray on it. it should be just as heat conductive as the carbon fiber or it will be a huge bottleneck.
I wonder what else could be used to cool computers... hmm, I have a strong felling potaos will be involved...:D
and if the idea fails, at least you could have a nice baked potato
There are some epoxies that you can get for Carbon fiber that can handle the High Temps, and that would really be what they need.
Look at the last one 700 Degree F.
http://cotronics.com/vo/cotr/ea_ultratemp.htm
That with carbon Fiber or FiberGlass and you have a heat spreader.Quote:
Duralco™ 4703 is Cotronics' high temp. resins reinforced with ceramic and metallic fibers and particles, resulting in the ultimate stability in high temp. environments.
now the other question is how good they conduct heat. if they are poor conductors and cant give off the heat to the carbon itself, it wont work.
I have not really seen a plus or Minus on using heat spreaders on ram (Or good documention on it I should say). in some mobo's I see them making the air flow more restrictive.
But Gel is using the single sided chips so that is a plus for the heat as it is.
I once read some where about the conducitve properties of carbon and other materials and it was something like 10 times better than siver if the fibers where running in parallel to the heat source. But if the fibers were going the opposite way it becomes one of the worst conductors of heat.
To eliminate the bottleneck between the heat source and the fiber you would have to use some sort of dimond powder; becouse dimond IS the best conductor there is. (before the superconductors) Very good idea to us for a water cooled system which I have been meening to make. I was wating for some company to catch on to the consept. It took some time:( this might be the start of a prossesor revolution. cool stuff huh
if they want a cpu cooler revolution, they will have to take the heat outside of the case. any way you look at it, no heatsink will perform if the air is not moving around it and some heatsinks (especially copper ones) require lot of airflow both through and around to remove the heat. I think Zalman's heatsinl/case design is the future of aircooling since everyone tries to keep it silent these days. if someone would develop flexible heatpipes, maybe with carbon fiber it would be the next step for an ultimate cooling solution for modders, enthusiasts and home users as well.
Wait, you are talking about having to coat the Carbon Fibre to stop it conduction electricity... is it just me, or does copper also conduct electricity and is quite often used as a Ram heatspreader.
http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod1667.htm
that is a valid point
Wow....
Im a car guy and the new thing with high end cars is carbon fiber. Cars are my inspiration in life and with computers....
I think I feel a new mod coming on....Ill call it "Carbon Fire"...hehe
now to get some money for everything
I dont believe there will be a cooling revolution ne time soon. Cpu's are supposed ot be the hottest thing and well, theyre doing nothing but getting cooler and cooler. The reason is the transistors keep reducing in size. i could be mistaken on this number but the size used to be .135 nm and it is now .09 nm(on AMD's atleast) pentium i read in article is to realease a 65nm in the not TOO distant future and im sure AMD will be 2.
But anyways if you take a look at reviews on the new cores such as venice on the 939 socket(be sure its .09nm), the reviews at newegg say their cpus are hardly going past 34c with stock fans. Some have been overclocking with stock fans and have only had a few degrees in increase. If we see a revoultion I believe we'll see an overclockers revolution.
The CPU im refering to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103533
Thats the cpu i just got havent had a chance to install yet tho.
Ooo and heres a quote that i found quite impressive on the reviews.
"I have it running at 2.6 ghz. Idle at 34C, Full Load (Prime 95) at 44C. My fan is sometimes reported as failing, because the cpu is running so cool, the fan is spinning at 800 rpm. Paired with xp-90 and thermaltake ufo fan, sweet setup."
Im sorry but running 44 degress on a torture test really doesnt show a cooling revolution to me.
But i must admit carbon fiber loox rather awsome :P