CPU cooler with 7 heatpipes- really?

I recently read a review of a CPU cooler that has 7 (yes, that's SEVEN) heat pipes. Now, if you know a thing or two about CPU coolers (and I like to think that I do), you'll know that 6 pipes is almost too many. The surface area of the modern CPU heat spreader (the "heat spreader" is the big piece of metal on the top of your CPU; it serves no purpose other than protecting the delicate millions/billions of silicon transistors under it, and it helps dissipate the heat generated) is small enough to where a CPU cooler with 5 pipes @ 8mm each will not be entirely utilized unless there is NO gap between the pipes; and there is ALWAYS a gap. Some of the top-end high-dollar coolers are running with 6 pipes. While this is fine and good, chances are, on a 6 pipe cooler, only the four pipes in the middle are being used to suck the heat away from the cooler, the other 2 are unused, or at best are used about 50%. I personally run a 5 pipe cooler (each pipe is 8mm, full review here), and on my PhenomII 955 X4, the outer 2 pipes are only used about 65% (if that). This cooler gives me about 2-4c better cooling than my previous cooler (CM Hyper 212+) which has 4 pipes at 6mm each, and I think this is only because the pipes are fatter. So, when I saw this cooler with SEVEN pipes, I was bewildered! The two outer pipes are likely to be completely unused, and the next 2 pipes probably won't be used 100% (maybe 75% at best). So why build a cooler with wasted pipes?
:banghead :boxing :crybaby :mad

(no real question or topic here - just a rant about useless hardware :-o )

 

I believe you linked to the wrong hsf in the first review.

Ya 7 would be insane!:eek I guess all these people have side windows and want bragging rights.:-D

I'll stick with using my Hyper 212+ with a pair of Noctuas for my 2600K. I'm currently running the stock fan @ %100 load, 24/7 and 70C, just to burn the puppy in, been a week now so it's time to install the Hyper!:dancer From what I hear, I should easily get to 4.5GHz then I can finally install this in a box. Using a screwdriver to boot the thing is getting old real fast!

 

OOOOPS!!! :-o Yeah, I linked the wrong cooler review.... here's the right link:
http://xsreviews.co.uk/2011/04/bequiet-dark-rock-pro-c1/

And yeah, it does have 7 freekin' pipes!!! It's a freekin' joke - the outer 2 pipes are likely to be completely unused, and the next two after that probably won't be used completely either. The cooler does not have 'direct touch' pipes (they don't make direct contact with the CPU) but has a solid nickel base, so I suppose the outer pipes could in theory help with heat dissipation, but it seems a bit of "bigger and more is better" type of thinking....

The CM Hyper212+ is an AWESOME cooler, esp when you consider the price... and with 2 fans on it really does do a great job.... I swapped out my Hyper212+ for a Spire Thermax II Eclipse (review: http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2521). I picked one up from a "For Sale" forum for $20!!! I had to get it at that price! It had been used once for a review, and was basically brand-spankin-new.
:-D

 

Hello,
I was wondering how you apply the thermal paste to the HDT coolers. Do you recommend the way it was done here?

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=170&Itemid=38&limit=1&limitstart=5

 

Odd that it doesn't compare to other CPU coolers out there. I'm currently looking that the H70 from corsair on my next build. I have the H50 now.

 

you know, the only way i could see a 7 tube setup is if you ran a server like 24-7 non stop lol. eye candy for the case i guess xD

 

Most servers don't need 3rd party cpu coolers. They have plenty of fans already.

 

I run my stuff with an H50 and a HYPER212+ respectively, besides being OC'd to the ying/yang border, %100 load 24/7/365. There's no need for a 7 tube really. Like someone said, eye candy!:-D Or is it 'Hi Candy?'roflmao

 

roflmao i guess it would be Hi Candy lol

 

Damn I love dbl threads fully questioning and asking why it happens!

In design each pipe has a "wick" or a inner tube membrane that allows "gas" to move up and liquid to move down due to physics. That is when the CPU gets hot it generates a gas as it moves away from the heat it turns back into a liquid (more efficient cooling).

That was the basics.....

Lets get into it shall we:

Molecules will exist in 1 of 3 states (to the best of our current knowledge) in a solid to liquid to a gas. HS with tubing attempt to optimise this principle.

Ideally the "pipes" that are in contact with the CPU plate will contain a liquid that changes "state" to a gas and "rise". The designed "wick" absorbs the least active gas particles (cooler) converting it back to a liquid sate that is absorbed by the wick and due to energy transfer (gravity) flows back to the CPU HS.

The "heads" of the pipes is where the optimal outcome occurs (state change).

I hope the many could understand that..........I can give a full explanation if wanted.