Quote Originally Posted by nikhsub1 View Post
When Cathar talked about being at the theoretical limit of cooling he meant without an IHS. The IHS creates a whole new ballgame.
yeah that's right.................today i realised that intel is also making CPUs with easily removable IHSs and not the epoxy method so it will be interesting if they continue that as Storm will once again be the best block if that happens unless the die size becomes too big

but even with IHSs onCPUs last year with AMD Storm wasn't taking a beating until intel

that's why i thought it should be mentioned that it is only since the new generation Intel chips that we have seen these changes


also another interesting development is occuring in air cooling. OCZ is moving towards a carbon/graphite based air cooler base which is supposed to have some amazing thermal properties (will have to wait and see about this claim) but it would be interesting to know whether same material could be used in waterblock designed

here are the two relevant threads on this material and cooling technique

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=137493

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=138253