Bought 2 Intel C2Ds on 2 different occasions. one during March07 and the newest one was last week. and I realised that my previous heatsink was made of copper (brown) surface, and the other one is aluminium (silver). So, wat's with the different material??

This post has been edited by blessedvillain: Aug 4 2007, 02:00 AM

u mean at the bottom part is it?

yeah...at the bottom part

It depends on which model your C2D processor is.
For those low end models, it doesn't produce much heat like the higher model.
Thus, a full aluminium HSF is needed for it.

It's that simple.

What's your first C2D processor and the 2nd one?

Yah .. like what sHawTY claimed is very true ..

usually copper plate base if for higher end model that produce more heat ..

while lower end uses aluminum base ....

i wonder why my p4 630 2mb comes with alu core but my roomy 530 1mb comes with cooper core and blistering 4k rpm

damn...i just swapped my intel heatsink from copper to aluminium...my core temp is extremely high now (around 60C)
my e6300 on my previous ASUS945 mobo shows 48C with stock hsf however with my new gigabyte P35 mobo with stock hsf (aluminium) shows 38C??!!!! wth??

same processor, different CPU temp readings?!

This post has been edited by blessedvillain: Aug 5 2007, 03:19 AM

thats y the copper core is used for HOTTER proc so it can cool it faster rather than just plain ALU...

The 500 and 800 series processors are actually hotter than their 600 and 900 series counterparts because the 500/800 series are built on 90nm while the 600/900 series are built on 65nm. So yes, it does make sense that the 500/800 series needs a better HSF..

Some corrections here NOT all p4 6XX is 65nm kawan.only p4 6X1 is 65nm p4 630 is 90nm.

Hmm good observation but incorrect, In the pentium 4 family, whats important is the cores... prescott and cedarmills, and certain procs called the prescott 2m(irwindale)

Prescott-preshott-HOT-90nm, now this are the native 5--,6-0 and 8-0 series.

Cedarmills-cooler-65nm, this are 6-1, and the 9-0 series

About cores, yes certain given heatsinks have a copper core but this is just to help dissipation faster to the alu extrusion fins, since the heat dissipation for certain models are ridiculous i have had a 5 series prescott and that had a full alu heatsink. Hmm but, i am not really sure why intel does that.. only if intel can give all their procs, copper core heatsinks...

As detail explanation as u can get.

also have u notice that intel also have 2 kinds of fans for their stok HSF?some can only go as high as 2.5k rpm and some can go as high as blistering 4k+ rpm

the procs i have dealt with lol, are hot babes... so unlucky me my fans are at the 4K+ rpm... hmm but yeah look at my sig and feel the torture i am facing with the sound it creates lol

been there my fren...since my mobo not OC-able i decided to get TT golden orb Fuxkin sweet and damn quiet even my casing fan is louder

Yeah hmmm the TT that i like the most is the BIG TYPHOON lol. but never got to use it... scared to use it Hmm i have tried the AC Freezer and its gorgeous if you are not an overclocker... but rather at the moment, i am trying to work hard on how to get my stock cooler to push the temp of my proc to a steady 40 degrees idle without giveing that stupid fan sound.. Though to be honest, i have managed to push it at full load and get 46 degrees on full load, with my irwindale p4 640 with stock cooling.