Thermalright
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| Industry | Computer hardware industry |
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| Headquarters | Taiwan |
| Products | Computer cooling |
| Website | www.Thermalright.com |
Thermalright is a Taiwan-based company[1] that manufactures high-quality, high-performance aftermarket heat sinks for desktop computers. Thermalright products are primarily marketed towards gamer and enthusiasts who commonly overclock different parts of their computer, generating large amounts of heat.
Since the release of AMD's Thunderbird CPU in 2002 Thermalright has been making high-performance heat sinks, not only for AMD processors, but Intel as well.[2] Their current product line includes heatsinks for CPUs, GPUs, RAM, and Motherboard components. Thermalright's primary focus is fanless heatsinks which can be used passively, making quiet computers; however many enthusiasts choose to use the heat sinks with a fan for better heat dissipation.
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[edit] Passive heat-sink cooling
Passive heat-sink cooling involves attaching a block of machined or extruded metal to the part that needs cooling. A thermal adhesive may be used. More commonly for a personal-computer CPU, a clamp holds the heat sink directly over the chip, with a thermal grease or thermal pad spread between. This block usually has fins and ridges to increase its surface area. The heat conductivity of metal is much better than that of air, and it radiates heat better than the component that it is protecting (usually an integrated circuit or CPU). Until recently, fan-cooled aluminium heat sinks were the norm for desktop computers. Today, many heat sinks feature copper base-plates or are entirely made of copper.
Dust buildup between the metal fins of a heat sink gradually reduces efficiency, but can be countered with a gas duster by blowing away the dust along with any other unwanted excess material.
Passive heat sinks are commonly found on older CPUs, parts that do not get very hot (such as the chipset), and low-power computers.
Usually a heat-sink is attached to the integrated heat spreader (IHS), essentially a large, flat plate attached to the CPU, with conduction paste layered between. This dissipates or spreads the heat locally. Unlike a heat sink, a spreader is meant to redistribute heat, not to remove it. In addition, the IHS protects the fragile CPU.
Passive cooling involves no fan noise.
[edit] Types of Products
- CPU Heat sinks
- VGA Heat sinks
- Chipset Heat sinks
- MOSFET Heat sinks
- Memory Heat sinks
- Cooling Fans
- Other small accessories
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