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    I've got an aluminium heatsink/grill on T61 :]

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Amn, Aug 21, 2007.

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    What GPU did you get - integrated, discrete?
     
    unhooked, Aug 23, 2007
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    Integrated... I preffer the battery life. thats why i'm like ... hmm are they going to send the cheaper heat sink....
     
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    same here...
     
    unhooked, Aug 23, 2007
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    What i will do is order (i really hope i can) a copper part. THen i am gonna do some stress testing on alu and copper, and post the results. The difficult part is to actually obtain a copper part.

    Once done, it will provide some actual results for discussion.
     
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    super, thanks a bunch. I bet you it makes a big difference.
     
    lowspeed, Aug 23, 2007
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    I bet you it doesn't.

    If you are very lucky you'll see a marginal difference in fan-on time.
     
    Ice-Tea, Aug 23, 2007
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    Sounds like a plan. :wink:
     
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    When i say difference, it also includes the frequency of how often the fan work and RPM.




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    The integrated video version likely does not get that hot so a copper heatsink may not yield significant cooling gains over an aluminum one. Like if the difference between copper and aluminum is 1-3 degrees Celsius, it won't matter too much.

    I would only worry if you are the type that likes to overclock everything in your computer as the heat output would be increased a lot. The Quadro cards get warmer and eat more battery life so that copper can help with the cooling much more than aluminum.
     
    pacmandelight, Aug 24, 2007
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    I got full copper btw.... integreted graphics card. T61 15.4.



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    Congrats! :)
     
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