Hey guys, just wondering if anyone could shed some light on heatpipes. Will the heat transfer via XP-90c's heatpipes be affected if I mount it upside down? Ie the heat pipes facing vertically upwards?

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Heat pipes work on the principle of evaporation and condensation. A working fluid (frequently distilled water) evaporates inside one end of the heat pipe (the hot-end) absorbing heat in the process. A partial vacuum inside the heat pipe allows the water to evaporate at a specific low temperature. Once formed, the water vapor diffuses from an area of high vapor pressure (where it is being generated) to the other end of the tube where the vapor pressure is lower.

The vaporized fluid then condenses back to liquid (cold-end) and the heat is dissipated into the air from the metal cooling fins. The working fluid returns to the hot end via capillary action thru an internal wicking structure (sintered metal coating, fine wire mesh, or grooves) so the heat pipe does not have to rely on gravity to recycle the working fluid.

DOH! Silly me answering my own questions. Sorry guys

This post has been edited by tyrion4: Oct 13 2006, 12:02 AM

Hmm...cos I remembered reading how some people liked to mount their motherboards upside down (and some asus motherboards used heatpipes to cool their northbridges). But i remembered some people in the case modification forums saying how they couldn't do that cos of the heatpipes...

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