What makes an effective heat pipe CPU heatsink? Heat pipes are incredibly efficient thermal management devices used in the construction of most of the CPU coolers Frostytech has reviewed. Though simple in appearance, these thin copper tubes bent into gentle curves literally determine the fate of your computer hardware!	Date: May 30, 2024 Rating:
Cryo Tech and New Cooling Technologies You Have Never Seen Frostytech departs from the usual pixel fodder for a brief look at some cooling technologies you have never seen before. We touch on some fun tests from the unpublished Frostytech archives and collect all the thermodynamics research we've reported on into one location.	Date: May 27, 2010 Rating: 317561
252 Heatsinks for Intel / AMD Processors Compared on FrostyTech This is the most up to date copy of Frostytech's invaluable thermal and acoustic Heatsink Test Charts for Intel and AMD processors, containing data for over a dozen as yet unpublished heatsink reviews, for a total 252 different heatsinks compared.	Date: Dec 18, 2009 Rating:
How Manufacturers Test Heatsinks & Thermal Compound Have you ever wondered how a heatsink manufacturer tests its new heatsinks to ensure what you buy will do the job?	Date: Jan 02, 2006 Rating:
Cooling Overview 2005 - Lower Noise, Better Thermals Since this 2005 synopsis is mostly an examination of heatsinks shot at recent trade shows, we'll jump right into the mix.	Date: Jan 02, 2006 Rating:
Cooling Overview 2004 - High Tech Heatsinks a Plenty In the following pages you'll see every imaginable shape, material, and size of cooling system and heatsink.	Date: Oct 18, 2004 Rating:
Frostytech: Melamine Foam Sound Proofing for the Computer Case After hunting around for a manufacturer which offered some kind of sound proofing product for computers the only one I could find was...	Date: Apr 24, 2003 Rating:
Computer Maintenance: Spiral Cable Wrap Believe it or not, even the least expensive white box relies on a few basic principles of internal case air-flow for cooling.	Date: Dec 09, 2002 Rating:
ATI R300: Thermal Problems Caused by the Shim To put it bluntly, there is problem with the ATI R300 processor package that impacts just how well heatsinks can cool on the Radeon 9700 Pro.	Date: Dec 04, 2002 Model No.: Radeon 9700 Pro Rating:
Frostytech: Zalman ST300BLP Black Box PSU Mod As part of the Black Box PSU Mod we wanted to increase airflow from the inside of the computer case and out through the powersupply.	Date: Aug 13, 2002 Rating:
Frostytech: Cooling Fundamentals and Contact Resistance is described as the temperature drop across the interface between a composite system.	Date: Jul 22, 2002 Rating:
Frostytech Glowy Videocard LED Panel Mod Sometimes we get the oddest ideas for mods, and while this isn't something we devote too much time too around here, the Glowy GeForce mod turned out kind of cool.	Date: Jun 21, 2002 Rating:
FrostyTech GF4TEC Videocard TEC/Active Heatsink This is a custom thermoelectric cooled heatsink for the GeForce 4 videocard!!	Date: May 23, 2002 Rating:
Frostytech: Guide To Making a Glowy Fan The ultimate modded component it may not be, but behind the grill of any case it's definitely one of the coolest.	Date: Oct 12, 2001 Rating:
Six Quick Tips To Finding a Good CPU Heatsink It seems like almost every day there are two or three new types of heatsink released upon the consumer. How do you know which ones to consider?	Date: Jul 11, 2001 Rating:
Behind the makings of a FrostySink While it's always great fun to be able to test out the latest and coolest heatsinks we also like to try and make our own coolers from time to time...	Date: May 05, 2001 Rating:
Frostytech Cooling Fundamentals: Dusty Computers Chances are if you've had your computer for more than six months there is some level of dust inside. While dust under the couch may be bad to look at dust in the computer can cause problems.	Date: Oct 05, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech Fatty Case Mods What better way to modify the Fatty Case then by drilling it full of big, and I mean big holes. With all those tiny vents it was practically asking for it anyway.	Date: Sep 13, 2000 Rating:
Overclocking with the Frostytech ACPSink It's one of a kind design was as of yet unproven, so the time to prove it had arrived. In moments we would bolt the ACPsink onto a 550 Mhz Athlon to see if all the hard work had not been in vain.	Date: Sep 09, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech ACPSink The Frosty ACPSink is a one of a kind Athlon heatsink. It's made from an aluminum plate and sixty-odd sections of imbedded copper pipe.	Date: Sep 09, 2000 Rating:
Overclocking with Frostytech CuPins Heatsink For those without the guts to make their own heatsinks, here are all the overclocking results with the Frosty CuPins Heatsink.. impressive..	Date: Jun 28, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech CopperPins Heatsink There is nothing like the sight of a solid copper heatsink atop ones' heavily overclocked CPU.... in fact is there anything comparable? We made one, then tested it.	Date: Jun 28, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech Computer Test Platform Basically this is an old XT case which as been converted to become a super-usefull test case. Get to the guts in under 1 second!	Date: Jun 27, 2000 Rating:
RJ-45 Crimpers Review Plastic Ethernet crimpers may be cheap but they don't always work. These metal ones crimp cables fast and perfectly everytime. Which is much better than cheap :)	Date: Jun 23, 2000 Rating:
Cooling Fundamentals: Thermal Conductivity Why is Copper better then Aluminum for heatsinks? Thermal Conductivity, that's why! Don't worry, it's all explained here....	Date: Jun 02, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech Investigates: Surface Mapped Athlon We take an Athlon, crack it open, measure everything to 0.0001", then make a colourful diagram showing just how unflat the most important bit is. Interested? Read on.	Date: May 18, 2000 Rating:
Overclocking with the CopperSink Testing is done on the Overclocking with our Frosty CopperSink. We made it, it's solid copper. So what! Does it do the job? H'mmm, I think I'll let you be the judge.	Date: May 17, 2000 Rating:
Frostytech Makes the CopperSink Ever wanted a fully copper heatsink for your overclocking rig? We've got the Frosty CopperSink... This is a beast to be sure, so read more to find out how to get one for yourself.	Date: May 09, 2000 Rating:
Cooling Fundamentals: Ball Vs. Sleeve Bearings What's the fuss over ball and sleeve bearings in todays cooling fans? Heck, what's even the difference? Read on and know more then anyone around you about these little, but important things.	Date: Apr 26, 2000 Rating: 473896
How To Cut CAT5 Ethernet Cables Making Ethernet cable falls under things everyone should know - right there with the shoelace thing. Get your crimpers ready and start cutting your own cat 5!	Date: Apr 04, 2000 Rating:
Slocket Tweaks For Better Heatsink Mounting Get ready for the quick and dirty on tweaking a CuMine compatible slocket so it will work perfectly with just about any old-style heatsink. Can you say Fun!	Date: Apr 03, 2000 Rating:
Installing a Home Ethernet So you have an ethernet and the wires are all over the place - what can be done to fix that mess? Get a drill and get ready to make some holes in the walls!	Date: Mar 10, 2000 Rating:
Guide To Making Thermistors: Updated We've had some great responses to the "How to make a thermistor out of a laptop battery". It seems there is great interest, so lets' look at a couple of points in a little more detail.	Date: Feb 03, 2000 Rating:
Reading Processor Markings So you have your chip, is it week 15 from Malaysia, oh and what's the S-code? Don't know, then read on ;-)	Date: Jan 15, 2000 Rating:
Guide To Making Thermistors Everyone wants to know exactly how hot their processor is running. Thermistors tell us this - but where do you get them? Is there an alternative to expensive retail prices... You bet!	Date: Jan 12, 2000 Rating:
Guide To Cheap Tweaking Supplies Ever wonder where the best stuff for overclocking can be found for next to nothing? We lay out the road map for where to get stuff cheap. Have a read and Save a few bucks!	Date: Jan 12, 2000 Rating:
Making Case Modifications Expensive fans and heatsinks will only take you so far, eventually you have to get that hot air out the computer case.... we give you the skinny on how to do it!	Date: Jan 08, 2000 Model No.: Frostytech Rating:
Guide To Lapping your CPU The new Copper-Top Celeron! No, just our test Celeron after we tweaked it a wee bit. The results of our tests surprised even us... but the outcome didn't ;-)	Date: Dec 30, 1999 Rating:
Self Contained Liquid Cooled Computer Heat sinks are nice and all, but have you ever wanted to really cool you computer down. We did, so we brought out the water and went to work making from scratch, a Liquid Cooled Computer. I guarantee you will never see one of these in any store ;-)	Date: Dec 26, 1999 Model No.: Frostytech Rating:

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