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- Jan 22, 2005
I am senior mechanical engineering student and have taken a few classes in heat transfer. There is so much math that goes into the design of a simple pin/fin style heatsink it is ridiculous. If done wrong a heatsink will hurt more than it helps regardless of what it is made of. There is a whole section about pin efficecy and everything else. Also if you try to machine a heatsink with common household or shop tools you won't get good results. Heat transfers best from thin materials/high surface area, however using standard machining methods there is only so thin you can machine a fin before the cutting forces destroy the whole fin.
I love the idea but if you are going to make a custom heatsink you are better off going with making your own water cooling block. They can be alot more forgiving.
I love the idea but if you are going to make a custom heatsink you are better off going with making your own water cooling block. They can be alot more forgiving.