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The321
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Is a full copper heatsink a lot better than a regular one ?

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Actually, only at high CFM is copper better at dissipating to air than ALU. But it is superior in conductivity to ALU. Which is why they always use copper heatpipes but alu fins.

It's not to cheap out, it's just better.

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Heatsink performance depends on the design.

Copper usually better than aluminium, but a good designed aluminium heatsink would beat a bad designed copper heatsink. 

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1 minute ago, SupaKomputa said:

Heatsink performance depends on the design.

Copper usually better than aluminium, but a good designed aluminium heatsink would beat a bad designed copper heatsink. 

 

Just now, VegetableStu said:

Theory: yes

Design: airflow first. a well design aluminium heatsink will outperform a badly designed copper one. 

Actually an ALU heatsink will always outperform a CU one, at reasonable CFM's. 

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