Next-Gen CPU Cooler Uses Bubbles

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ok so maybe there is actually a "media" labeled product also from SilentFlux but I do not believe that is what vegman84 was refering to. he probably just did not do a very thorough search. I however know what I was looking for having seen and held one of them. and we are talking months ago! very stale news.
 
[citation][nom]Dmerc[/nom]How much energy is this thing going to use? The cost of electricity might be going up by about 80% in my area and I don't want to get poor from running a overclocked pc.[/citation]

It use's zero energy except that produced as heat from the CPU. The issue is that like any system that conveys heat to a radiator, the radiator will most likely need a fan, no matter how effective, heat does not just 'go away', and so a fan or some method of getting the heat out into the ambient air is will likely be needed.
 
[citation][nom]Shadow703793[/nom]So this is basically like a heatpipe? Btw, it's probably nor "bubbles" but rather very fine "vapor". Bubbles contain air(most gases are ineffective at carrying heat compared to water/other fluids like Alcohol in a closed system) and thus ineffective at carrying heat. Hence, why bubbles are bad in a water cooling set up.[/citation]

To have a gas present would not require air, the bubbles would be the change of evaporating. The energy expense is found in the change of state. When you start with air, and end with air the efficiency is not as high. When evolving a liquid to a gas a greater amount of energy is needed, which is why phase change coolers carry a great deal more energy than a one-to-one state system.

This is essentially a run of the mill phase cooler with no pump, less price tag, and no subzero temps.
 
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