Thermalright Unveils True Copper Ultra-120 Extreme Coolers

[Baron_Davis]

No, it wont become hotter and hotter, it will, like any heat exhanger, reach a steady state temperature given a consistent heat load. What you're proposing should happen to ANY heatsink. I'm not just looking at the thermal conductivity, I'm considering the convective conductivity which will increase. If a lab simulates "real life", how is it not accurate? Just stop misinforming people. A Copper heatsink does not need higher airflow than an aluminum one. If your logic even was applicable, then this would be true for aluminum heatsinks as well.

An aluminum heatsink doesn't conduct as much, so its fans can remove the heat from the case without becoming overburdened. So this gradual temperature increase would take a lot longer. On a copper heatsink like the TRUE, which is designed extremely well, this gradual increase in temperature would take a lot less time, and while for the first hour or so, it would cool rather well, the ambient temp would start to "choke", and things would go down hill from there.

You CANNOT expect a copper heatsink to cool well if you aren't removing that excess heat from the case. That's all I'm saying.

And for ^^^ to happen, you need better cooling. If you already have good cooling, this is obviously not an issue. Just don't waste money on a $100 heatsink only to slap on some weak ass 800rpm "silent" fans on it.