[luau] Underclocking / Aluminum cases

[Joe Linux]

Refrigeration systems tend to use Steel in the condenser coil (the hot 
one) and aluminum or copper in the evaporative coil.
My feeling is that copper would tend to hold the heat, for example  a 
copper clad bottom on a pot or skillet.  I'm pretty certain that 
aluminum cooling fins are the most efficient, although aluminum car 
radiators aren't very good while car radiators with copper fins are 
common  and easy to repair.

Maybe wayne can get the heater coil out of a car and put that outside 
his house with a small electric water pump.  Then he could pipe in the 
cooled water through a copper tube forced in between the  fins of an 
aluminum heat sink.

I'm not sure if aluminum cases have any practical value when it comes to 
cooling, but they are lighter weight, so they would be good if the 
computer is transported a lot.  Perhaps old heat sinks could be salvaged 
and glued onto the top and sides of a steel or aluminum case to improve 
heat dissipation..
 

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> Aluminum cases not only look cool, but are functional as well.  You 
> might also look to see if anyone offers copper cases as copper is a 
> really efficient medium for heat transfer.
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