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Topic: Heat Spreaders on DDR... Your Opinion? |
| Your opinion on DDR heatspreaders? |
| Looks 'cool', but not sure of the performance benefits |
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| A definite performance must have |
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Charlie
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 Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 16:15:52 Post Subject: |
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Heatspreaders are a waste because you are only adding a piece of aluminum with no fins; that may spread the heat out some but look at the space between/around the chips and you'll see that there isn't much place for the heat to "spread" to. And using HS compound isn't worth a darn as it needs x amount of compression force to operate correctly; the clips used to hold the spreaders on do not exert that type of force. If you feel spreaders are the shnitz, try thermally-conductive epoxy with the proper pressure applied while it's curing but sinks are better. Spot-cooling with a fan works very well, also, as it eliminates dead/hot air pockets.
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