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    Heat pump cooling - now for laptops too

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by star882, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. star882

    star882 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have experimented with using a heat pump to cool desktop computers, and it works very well. Some high performance workstations like the Britney use heat pumps based on R410a. But I wasn't aware that it could be used in laptops as well (too big and too heavy), until now.
    http://legitreviews.com/article/567/1/
    Seems pretty interesting! For something that small, however, it seems like it would be cheaper to use silicon heat pumps.
     
    star882, Oct 15, 2007
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  2. RasBastard

    RasBastard Notebook Consultant

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    Interesting, I wonder how heavy it is. Good concept though.
     
    RasBastard, Oct 15, 2007
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    When I first read the thread title I thought this was going to be an internal technology... Ah well, guess technology isn't there yet.
     
    Commander Wolf, Oct 15, 2007
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    i suppose they could make such a thing. what i picture is a hole in the back of the comptuer where a heatpipe gets extended to an external cooler that sits on your desk like a docking station. and that cooling station could be passive or fan cooled. id imagine it would help the laptop achieve internal temps closer to ambient temperatures.
     
    nizzy1115, Oct 15, 2007
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  5. SuperKoe

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    How does it deal with condensation? If you blow colder air into the laptop then the surrounding you will get that.
     
    SuperKoe, Oct 16, 2007
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