CPU or Core Temps

[Archer]

Is there no 'wind chill' type effect of air cooling? Whereby the HS can reach a temperature lower than ambient? I'm inclined to side with Archer on this one- just wondering if there is a legit case for CB's temps...

So no way do i see it possible for the heatzinc to be cooler than the ambient temp unless budza's idea is correct...

In response (from wikipedia):

The rate of heat loss by a surface depends on the wind speed above that surface: the faster the wind speed, the more readily the surface cools. For inanimate objects, the effect of wind chill is to reduce any warmer objects to the ambient temperature more quickly. It cannot, however, reduce the temperature of these objects below the ambient temperature, no matter how great the wind velocity. For most biological organisms, the physiological response is to maintain surface temperature in an acceptable range so as to avoid adverse effects. Thus, the attempt to maintain a given surface temperature in an environment of faster heat loss results in both the perception of lower temperatures and an actual greater heat loss increasing the risk of adverse effects such as frostbite and death.

So inanimate objects (like a CPU IHS) cant get colder than the air.

edit: beaten by ninja monkeys

 

[Monkey101]

lol Wikipedia 1 - CranialBlaze 0

 

[nakedpeanut]

i'm now waiting for the "but it's not inanimate, the fan spins"

 

[Budza]

Lol. Was worth a stab. Certainly seems windchill makes it colder when I'm hiking/biking somewhere.

For most biological organisms, the physiological response is to maintain surface temperature in an acceptable range so as to avoid adverse effects. Thus, the attempt to maintain a given surface temperature in an environment of faster heat loss results in both the perception of lower temperatures and an actual greater heat loss increasing the risk of adverse effects such as frostbite and death.

Nails it!

 

[pierrehugo]

This is why I dont like forums...

go back to school blaze.