If your heat sink is efficient enough, you can do something like Apple does with the G5, the originals had 7 (single CPU) or 9 (dual) fans that ran at partial speed and would speed up as needed, it seems that one could rig up something similar, probably not quite as efficient without the milliond of $$$ to dump into R&D but still geeker, quieter, and more efficient than your average cooling setup
Then again, on one of my computers, its set to spin down the hard drive whenever possible :p ~ian On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:29:25 -0500, Brian Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last question/comment had me dazed for a moment... That is the whole > point of the fan, to help with the heat transfer from the heatsink to > the gasesous substance we call "air." Granted, without the fan there is > a certian amount of thermal tranfer between the sink and the air which > may be enough when the processor is running "cool." > > My problem is that I tend to think of fans the same way as I think of > hard drives. If you spin it up and down often enough there is more wear > than if you just left it at a single constant speed the entire time. > Granted I'm not a mechanical engineer so this is just my opinion, > nothing more. > > > > > > ps: what would the problem be with not running the fan when the chip > > is running cool? Its not going to make it colder like a peltier will, > > it'll just dissipate the heat that is produced... ? > > > > > > -- > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of > the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, > stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
