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Anything that creates heat that is surplus to requirements. Examples in electronic engineering would be microchips such as CPUs.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoHeat sinks allow heat from processing units to be transferred to a cooling unit, either a fan, a liquid coolant-based or a nitrogen unit.
Heat sinks are usually found with Central Processing Units and Graphical Processing Units.
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∙ 10y agoThe parts of a computer that use a heat sink are those that are particularly sensitive to heat change. This includes the CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the GPU (Graphical Processing Unit).
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What is typically used for cooling a chipset?
Heat sink
What is the purpose of the heat sink on a processor?
A heat sink is designed to disperse and transfer heat coming from a processor to an outside medium, so that it does not overheat the actual processor chip. It is usually used in conjunction with a fan to cool the device it is installed on.
What is the function of a processor heat sink?
To sink the heat.
A heat sink is a device to improve the purity of the electrons in an electrical circuit?
There is no such thing as the "purity of electrons". A heat sink is used to keep a device reasonably cold.
Why the heat sink is always used in power electronics converters?
A heat-sink is needed to dissipate the wasted power without any undue temperature rise. The effectiveness of a heat sink is measured by the watts dissipated per degree of temperature rise.
Why is a sink called a sink?
Probably because it draws/absorbs the heat making the heat "sink" into it
How does a heat sink work in the power supply?
A heat sink works on the principle of thermal transfer. The heat sink transfers heat from the chip to the air, wicking heat away.
Is water a type of heat sink?
Yes! Water is a heat sink.
Why is it called a heat sink?
Probably because it draws/absorbs the heat making the heat "sink" into it
Why is a heat-sink used on some equipment?
The main purpose of a heat sink is to dissipate excessive heat away from the device that it is attached to. Some small integrated circuit components are so physically small that an over excess of heat generated by themselves would destroy the device. The heat sink is placed on the IC to prevent this from happening.
Which solution should be used to clean a CPU and a heat sink?
isopropyl alcohol
What is fansink?
A Fan sink is a Heat sink with a fixed FAN. Heat sink's are blocks of metal, primarily used are are copper, and aluminum, that draw heat from a source ( such as your Processor, or another heat producing chip set ) and spread it across its surface area to be air cooled. A Fan sink, combine's the heat drawing of it's sink with a dedicated fan blowing air into ore out from the heat sink below it. This will significantly improve the sinks cooling power. So a processor cooler is most likely a Fan sink, but some chips surrounding it may only have a heat sink. ( Southbridge controller is usually placed near your CPU and is fitted with a black block of metal that has a lot of blades on it )
