My brother sent me a link at Tekenstein with an amusing set of pictures regarding heat sinks. The bigger the heat sink, the more heat it can dissipate. The first set of pictures shows a massive heat sink. Of course, heat sinks must be attached to a CPU in a very careful manner, because the chip can be very fragile. The second set of pictures shows a heat sink that someone screwed directly into a motherboard. Maybe the installer needs to RTFM.
A heat sink is a metal device that helps keep a something else cool. Heat sinks are usually installed on the CPU of a computer to keep the Intel or AMD chip from melting or burning. Sometimes the heat sink includes a fan, to keep air moving. I’ve also seen heat sinks and fans attached to the GPU (graphic processing unit) on a graphics card.
Keep your computer clean and cool
Below are some pictures of heat sinks that I found on Flickr. This image shows several sizes of heat sinks (image courtesy Winston_loves_london).
This heat sink is a typical size for a desktop computer, but it is too clogged with dust to be of much use. Dust can really destroy a computer. It’s important to keep your computer off the floor, and to follow a good set of instructions like these from ask-Leo.com and clean-things.com (image courtesy MShades).
