Air Power CPU Fan

[Xtreme]

http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=newsdesc&news_no=591

What do you guys think of that?

[=98=]

You are shi**ing me?

Looks like one of those cheap 99p fans that takes a single AAA battery lol

[Repulse]

It dont look that bad, the idea is pretty cool, being that it uses the heat as a source of power.

Thats not the primary CPU cooler tho is it? :).

[Xtreme]

It dont look that bad, the idea is pretty cool, being that it uses the heat as a source of power.

Thats not the primary CPU cooler tho is it? :).

No, it appears to be just a chipset cooler...kinda cool though. But Im wondering how it will effect airflow and heat dissapation with an active running cpu cooler???

[peeth]

it has to get to 60C before it works at a high enough speed or soemthing like that.

[Scinto]

60*C for northbridge is about normal for some highend boards,

pretty clever idea, will be nice to see how well it works in practice.

[Vash2051]

Looks interesting but i don't see the point... Throwing a nice powered fan that always runs on there isn't going to make or break your power usage...

^Fan on my old board^ Same concept on the 780i

[Flt. Sgt. Powderhound]

The concept is sound, they just need to improve the implementation. On the CPC website, someone pointed out that if you power a stevenson engine, it will pull heat off the chipset, CPU or whatever and allow sub-zero temperatures to be obtained.

[Uncleadolph]

The concept is sound, they just need to improve the implementation. On the CPC website, someone pointed out that if you power a stevenson engine, it will pull heat off the chipset, CPU or whatever and allow sub-zero temperatures to be obtained.

Yes, this is possible. But to attain such temperatures it will have to be an incredibly efficient fan. The build quality would have to be immaculate, any slight defects would affect the friction too greatly.

But still, it is a relatively new concept for computer cooling. Looks pretty promising and we should see some more efficient ones coming in the next few years if other companies catch on to this.

[Flt. Sgt. Powderhound]

There would be no fan involved in a powered version.

[jake_]

tuniq ftw. :p

[theminx]

tuniq ftw. :p

when i get the tuniq ill let ya know how i feel..reviews and pictures seem amazing..but ya never know unless ya got one ..

[jake_]

when i get the tuniq ill let ya know how i feel..reviews and pictures seem amazing..but ya never know unless ya got one ..

I know cause I got one.