Heatpipes

Badger

A couple of years ago, I remember there being a big craze around the use of heatpipes to keep cases and cards cool. I can recall these huge copper pipes and crazy alien-looking appendages that people had poking out of their cases. Maybe it was just at my uni, but it seemed like something that was going on all over.

I'm going to be building myself a rig for Jumpgate Evolution, so that I can really enjoy it (plus I want to play some flight sims on it). Should I be looking into using heat pipes to wick heat? Do any of you?

ELPIRATA

IMO whatever CPU/mobo you go with, get a Thermaltake fan and u will be very happy with it. Some of the designs now use the heatpipe concept, like the one I use, Gigabyte's Rocket, ($35), which has a copper base, then 4 heatpipers go up and 'interlace' with the radial heatsink which has a fan inside (not a traditional fan) which is inserted inside the sink and towards the copper base. Its called Rocket because there are big areas of space between them heatpipes and so... the air flows down and cools off mobo components that sit close to the CPU (including one memory module).

There are many designs that are widely used, so anything that is above your requirements is a good choice (most if it has the Thermaltake brand

).

I'm wondering, however, if you might be referring to the Peltier's instead of Heatpipes. Far as I remember (never poked into them much aside of reading) it had 2 extreme sides, one with ultra cold and another with the uber-hot. I never got to understand totally how they work, but heard there were many risks involved with the extreme temps.

ELP

Jump

Heat pipes are still the rage and they are much smaller and usually work in conjunction with fins and fans.

Jump

Here is the one I use. Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

ELPIRATA

And this is mine...

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GH-PCU23-VE 92mm Ball CPU Cooler - Retail

netburnr

Mine isnt the same brand, but it looks like this

Badger

Ahh...okay. The stuff that I saw back in the day was people using heatpipes to vent heat directly out of the case, not just as a component in a heatsink. One guy had a number of pipes that were thermal-glued onto his processor's heat sink, and were sticking straight out of the case into a fan cage. He said the idea was to keep the case temp low by wicking out the processor's heat.

Jump

Yes but it's been refined. Now they just wick it to the plates and blow the heat out. Same thing but not quite as ugly and massive.

netburnr

As long as you have 2 good fans, one blowing in from the front, and one out the back, you don't need a lot of extra sinks and pipes, just the really good one on the CPU, and maybe one for the main-pipe (forgot the technical name of the chip) and all the other smaller fans, CPU, GPU, etc will have fresh cool air coming in from the front.

Eraser55

Man, I wish I could put my comp in the freezer or something.. I hate the sound of this blowing things. and I just burned my mainboard on my laptop.. got it back today with new mainboard.. ( Do not play World in Conflict to long on your laptop.)

Jump

@netburn I guess you haven't run two GTX in SLI.

That's why I like my Antec 900 case. It moves the air and my CPU fan linked above blows the CPU air right out the read fan hole.

netburnr

Nope, I only have a single PCI-E card at this time, and its more than enough.

My case has one big fan in the front, one big one in the back, one in the bottom of the powersupply pull warm inside case air out thru the PS and out the back, the big one on the CPU, and a medium one on the GPU.

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	Badger Member Faction: None Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 153	Heatpipes A couple of years ago, I remember there being a big craze around the use of heatpipes to keep cases and cards cool. I can recall these huge copper pipes and crazy alien-looking appendages that people had poking out of their cases. Maybe it was just at my uni, but it seemed like something that was going on all over. I'm going to be building myself a rig for Jumpgate Evolution, so that I can really enjoy it (plus I want to play some flight sims on it). Should I be looking into using heat pipes to wick heat? Do any of you?


	ELPIRATA Moderator Pilot Name: ELPIRATA Faction: non-aligned Joystick: Saitek X45 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Carolina, PR Posts: 1,420	Re: Heatpipes IMO whatever CPU/mobo you go with, get a Thermaltake fan and u will be very happy with it. Some of the designs now use the heatpipe concept, like the one I use, Gigabyte's Rocket, ($35), which has a copper base, then 4 heatpipers go up and 'interlace' with the radial heatsink which has a fan inside (not a traditional fan) which is inserted inside the sink and towards the copper base. Its called Rocket because there are big areas of space between them heatpipes and so... the air flows down and cools off mobo components that sit close to the CPU (including one memory module). There are many designs that are widely used, so anything that is above your requirements is a good choice (most if it has the Thermaltake brand ). I'm wondering, however, if you might be referring to the Peltier's instead of Heatpipes. Far as I remember (never poked into them much aside of reading) it had 2 extreme sides, one with ultra cold and another with the uber-hot. I never got to understand totally how they work, but heard there were many risks involved with the extreme temps. ELP


	Jump Big Daddy Pilot Name: JumpDemon Faction: Solrain Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tracy, Ca. Posts: 6,938	Re: Heatpipes Heat pipes are still the rage and they are much smaller and usually work in conjunction with fins and fans.
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	Jump Big Daddy Pilot Name: JumpDemon Faction: Solrain Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tracy, Ca. Posts: 6,938	Re: Heatpipes Here is the one I use. Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail


	ELPIRATA Moderator Pilot Name: ELPIRATA Faction: non-aligned Joystick: Saitek X45 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Carolina, PR Posts: 1,420	Re: Heatpipes And this is mine... Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GH-PCU23-VE 92mm Ball CPU Cooler - Retail


	netburnr I love everyone Pilot Name: netburnrol Faction: Pirate Joystick: X52 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin Posts: 2,118	Re: Heatpipes Mine isnt the same brand, but it looks like this


	Badger Member Faction: None Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 153	Re: Heatpipes Ahh...okay. The stuff that I saw back in the day was people using heatpipes to vent heat directly out of the case, not just as a component in a heatsink. One guy had a number of pipes that were thermal-glued onto his processor's heat sink, and were sticking straight out of the case into a fan cage. He said the idea was to keep the case temp low by wicking out the processor's heat.


	Jump Big Daddy Pilot Name: JumpDemon Faction: Solrain Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tracy, Ca. Posts: 6,938	Re: Heatpipes Yes but it's been refined. Now they just wick it to the plates and blow the heat out. Same thing but not quite as ugly and massive.


	netburnr I love everyone Pilot Name: netburnrol Faction: Pirate Joystick: X52 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin Posts: 2,118	Re: Heatpipes As long as you have 2 good fans, one blowing in from the front, and one out the back, you don't need a lot of extra sinks and pipes, just the really good one on the CPU, and maybe one for the main-pipe (forgot the technical name of the chip) and all the other smaller fans, CPU, GPU, etc will have fresh cool air coming in from the front.


	Eraser55 Member Pilot Name: Eraser55 Faction: Hyperial Joystick: I hate Tigerwoods Join Date: May 2005 Location: HP SUxland.. Posts: 755	Re: Heatpipes Man, I wish I could put my comp in the freezer or something.. I hate the sound of this blowing things. and I just burned my mainboard on my laptop.. got it back today with new mainboard.. ( Do not play World in Conflict to long on your laptop.)
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	Jump Big Daddy Pilot Name: JumpDemon Faction: Solrain Joystick: MS FF2 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tracy, Ca. Posts: 6,938	Re: Heatpipes @netburn I guess you haven't run two GTX in SLI. That's why I like my Antec 900 case. It moves the air and my CPU fan linked above blows the CPU air right out the read fan hole.


	netburnr I love everyone Pilot Name: netburnrol Faction: Pirate Joystick: X52 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Austin Posts: 2,118	Re: Heatpipes Nope, I only have a single PCI-E card at this time, and its more than enough. My case has one big fan in the front, one big one in the back, one in the bottom of the powersupply pull warm inside case air out thru the PS and out the back, the big one on the CPU, and a medium one on the GPU.