T-6000
03-21-2008, 10:48 PM
Here's an interesting article that I came across a few days ago (but stupid me forgot to post it):
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9069000&source=rss_news50
According to this article, Researchers have developed more efficient cooling fans that use Ionic Winds to help cool chips, and thus enhance fan cooling by 200%! Supposedly, the devices pass an electrical current to stir up stationary air molecules, leading to better air flow and dissipation of heat. So far, though, the researchers are still working on shrinking the fans down enough for use on Home PCs (and maybe future Consoles. Lord knows the current XBox 360 really needs it), but if they do then I plan on buying a few of these new fans myself. My PC really needs these fans, as I have 4 hooked up to my PC (One over the CPU itself and 3 on the PC Case itself) and yet the damn thing runs hot when I run applications that demand heavy processing......ok ok, it's mainly games running Unreal Tech Engine 3, Crytech Engine 2, or other games with advance (and demanding) engines. However, I don't want to risk putting in a water coolant mod. You never know, if the damn thing leaks and even one drop of water falls on the motherboard itself, the whole thing will be ruined.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9069000&source=rss_news50
According to this article, Researchers have developed more efficient cooling fans that use Ionic Winds to help cool chips, and thus enhance fan cooling by 200%! Supposedly, the devices pass an electrical current to stir up stationary air molecules, leading to better air flow and dissipation of heat. So far, though, the researchers are still working on shrinking the fans down enough for use on Home PCs (and maybe future Consoles. Lord knows the current XBox 360 really needs it), but if they do then I plan on buying a few of these new fans myself. My PC really needs these fans, as I have 4 hooked up to my PC (One over the CPU itself and 3 on the PC Case itself) and yet the damn thing runs hot when I run applications that demand heavy processing......ok ok, it's mainly games running Unreal Tech Engine 3, Crytech Engine 2, or other games with advance (and demanding) engines. However, I don't want to risk putting in a water coolant mod. You never know, if the damn thing leaks and even one drop of water falls on the motherboard itself, the whole thing will be ruined.