The world's first carbon-based CPU cooler

[Movieman]

Thanks Tony and Michael for the brief insight.

I guess the thermal resistance must be <= 0.11 C/W at say like 100 Watt with "reasonable" noise level ? .. or better < 0.1 C/W

Of course its only makes sense that it must be better than current air champions, especially at the enough economic scale for that new manucfacturing methodologies and new material too.

C'mon share some secret numbers as a teaser for all of us !

If they will take a 160w quad core and keep it in the 50's it's a winner from my perspective..

[bing]

If they will take a 160w quad core and keep it in the 50's it's a winner from my perspective..

Yeah, agree. But again thermal resistance will vary on different wattage level, but imo it is safe enough to assume the target market set for initial is for dual core which is around 100W.

[unregistered]

The biggest problem will mot likely be the IHS because it is not plane in most cases and further, the interface is low temp solder that has a much lower conductivity than anything else in the therml path. We have experimented with fully liquid immersed chips as well but we need cooperation from the chip manufacturers on that front.

That's the main reason why I really don't want to say anything about the final junction temperatures that we can achieve ... it'll depend on the specific chip in question ... not even the model

[gundamit]

The biggest problem will mot likely be the IHS because it is not plane in most cases and further, the interface is low temp solder that has a much lower conductivity than anything else in the therml path.

Every cooler faces the same QC problem with regard to the flatness (or lack thereof) on the IHS. So YMMV in every case.

I'm confident that the new OCZ cooler will perform as well if not better than the top standard air coolers. The only question is whether the price point and performance will have new CPU owners and guys who already have beefy $50+ air coolers, taking a chance on a new technology and OCZ who has yet to establish credibility in this market, like they have with memory and to some degree, power supplies. I'm hoping the performance will spectacular so the choice becomes easy.

[ahmad]

Every cooler faces the same QC problem with regard to the flatness (or lack thereof) on the IHS. So YMMV in every case.

I'm confident that the new OCZ cooler will perform as well if not better than the top standard air coolers. The only question is whether the price point and performance will have new CPU owners and guys who already have beefy $50+ air coolers, taking a chance on a new technology and OCZ who has yet to establish credibility in this market, like they have with memory and to some degree, power supplies. I'm hoping the performance will spectacular so the choice becomes easy.

If its going to be within +/- 5*C of an entry level water cooling setup, I will go for it.