Even if the energy output is the same or constant, if the hink sink is less eff. than
it will require a higher temperature or difference between its temperature and the
surrounding air temperature (larger delta) to transfer same amount of energy. If the
heat sink temperature is higher so is the CPU temperature - the heat sink only is
there to improve the heat transfer ability over the "bare" CPU -ie smaller delta.
Tom & Lisa P wrote:
> >at the temporal coordinates: 9/6/01 8:54 AM, the entity known as Leonard T.
> >Coco at [EMAIL PROTECTED] conveyed the following:
> >
> >>> If the heatsink is getting hotter, and the total amount of energy put
> >>> out by the CPU is constant, then it stands to reason (so I say) that
> >>> means the CPU is cooler.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Heat (energy) is not going to flow from a lower temperature to a high
> >> temperature (exactly the opposite)- ie if the heatsink is hotter than the
> >> CPU is also hotter -likely by more than the difference in heatsink
> >> temperatures, since the eff. is less and therefore a higher delta is
> >> required to reach equilibrium.
> >
> >Exactly correct, O thermodynamics wizard! One flaw in the above
> >doubly-quoted statement is the presumption that total energy is constant.
>
> Constant at a given clockspeed. I did the testing with the CPU at
> its normal 33 MHz, for testing purposes.
>
> Mad Dog
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