[luau] Underclocking / Aluminum vs. Copper

Joe Linux joelinux at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 4 05:12:00 PDT 2002


Thanks, I didn't know about the copper heatsinks with variable fans as I 
tend to deal in used "budget" type items.  There is very little I have 
in my life that is top of the line.

MonMotha wrote:

>
> There are "standard" solid copper heatsinks.  ThermalTake makes the 
> Volcano 7+, which is solid copper AND has a variable speed fan (the 
> Volcano 7 has an auto speed control while the 7+ doesn't though, 
> odd...).  Someone posted a link to the rather odd heatsink at 
> ThinkGeek that appeared to be all copper.
>
> I do agree that solid copper is probably more expensive, but those 
> costs are just passed on to the consumer.  If you're willing to pay 
> more, you get more.  That's usually how the system works.
>





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