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billybobsky
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Join Date: May 2004
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2004-06-09, 09:56

think of liquid cooling this way: the limit of heat transfer is based solely on the fundamental properties of the solids/liquids/gases involved. If you get a liquid that pulls less heat than metal does gram for gram but move that liquid at a higher rate to another location, the local temperature (let's say the processor) will be a lot lower. Couple this with a more efficient radiator (something that effectively doesn't distribute heat linearly like a heat sink does), and less fan speed would be necessary and the box would be quieter. Doing this in principle seems easy but you really have to tune the system to accommodate changes in heat generation by the processor.
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