Stainless/Copper HS?

[bubbadubba]

Hello everyone,

Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the stock XPS HS's cooling fins made of stainless steel? Does stainless do a better job dissipating heat than aluminum? How about copper? The reason I ask is, to be honest, the stock Dell XPS heatpiped HS does a pretty good job in its own right. The combination of a high CFM fan on Dell's HS works. I was wondering if there is an aftermarket HS that is stainless, or one that has the cooling fins made of stainless. Thanks for the info.

Bubbadubba

[dan39]

i imagine they must be made of aluminum, aluminum and copper are the best heat transfer metals with SS being one of the worst. a combo of the copper and aluminum would be the best but its hard to stick them together and you cant mix those metals. the thought behind that is that copper has a higher thermal conductivity while aluminum cools faster. the biggest reason i dont think it makes a diff on your machine is because it just cant get any cooler, now if you were o/cing and the chip was getting hotter you'd probably see a benefit. its kind of like adding ice cubes to a cup of water if you're already standing on the north pole.

[dano104]

Dan39, you are making a very good point, without overclocking we really don't need to go below 28-32 degrees cpu idle temps. As these are allready great temperatures. I personally believe the stock hs w/ aftermarket fan is pretty much perfect as is. Spend your money upgrading something else, like a dual layer burner etc............

dano104