mds82
Enlightened
Hi All, I'm not sure if this has been covered already so i wanted to start a new thread about it. I've been doing a lot of research on different coatings to aluminum heat sinks to help radiate heat to keep temperatures as low as possible.
I have been running tests with a 4 XP-G's, 700ma each on a small cpu style heat sink with just passive heat sinking, no fan. So far i have been able to run 3 tests, identical configurtions but with different coatings on the aluminum heatsink
1 - Bare aluminum - highest temperature, 200F
2 - grey anodized - 2nd best, 183f
3 - Avian Black-S - best at 178 F
What i am looking to find out is what other coating can i put on the metal heatsink ( without changing anything else) to help passively radiate out heat and keep temperatures the lowest.
I have been running tests with a 4 XP-G's, 700ma each on a small cpu style heat sink with just passive heat sinking, no fan. So far i have been able to run 3 tests, identical configurtions but with different coatings on the aluminum heatsink
1 - Bare aluminum - highest temperature, 200F
2 - grey anodized - 2nd best, 183f
3 - Avian Black-S - best at 178 F
What i am looking to find out is what other coating can i put on the metal heatsink ( without changing anything else) to help passively radiate out heat and keep temperatures the lowest.