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Mass-Air-GPU Heatsink System
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The "Mass-Air-GPU" heatsink system
consists of:
- Formed aluminum high flow
air duct, anodized for a durable long lasting finish. Duct is mated to a
custom laser cut and formed stainless steel I/O bracket
- High performance, low pressure drop, low thermal resistance heatsink with
imbedded copper heat
spreader
- Two stainless steel mounting screws, locknuts, and precision stainless
steel preload springs
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The high performance heatsink uses a
copper heat spreader to distribute the heat evenly into the aluminum
fins. This heatsink
was designed by Alpha to passively cool a FC-PGA2 style CPU chip. The fins are very thin with wide spacing between each fin. This
decreases the pressure drop across heatsink allowing for a higher volume
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The heatsink is held in place by two pre-load screws. Each screw has a
nylon washer under the head to protect the backside of circuit board. A
precision coil spring above the heatsink applies equal pressure to the
processor support plate. The springs also allow for expansion and
contraction of the heatsink. |
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The large, high volume air duct allows for unrestricted air
flow across heatsink. The air duct consists of a formed aluminum duct
riveted to a stainless steel I/O bracket. |
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"Mass-Air" heatsink system installed in case
with the air intake duct. The large heatsink and air duct occupy the PCI
slot adjacent to the video card. The air duct is held in place by the I/O
slot rail. |
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Shown above is new 9600 XT version.
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Installing the "Mass-Air-GPU"
heatsink system
Testing the new "Mass-Air"
heatsink system on a ATI Radeon 9700 Pro video card
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