Re:AMD Zen 3/Ryzen 5000 announcement [video]
by pepoluan on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:45AM
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Watercooling has one benefit: The heat capacity* of all those water is amazing.
*Heat capacity = how many joules of energy the whole system takes to raise the system's temperature by 1C.
So, the CPU is generating x Watts of heat = x Joules of heat energy per second. Watercooling can absorb a LOT of Joules before the cooling system's temperature increases, thus helping in keeping the CPU away from its MaxTemp.
Plus when attached to a sizable radiator, watercooling system can release all those energy to the environment faster, thus reducing the effective energy absorbed by the system.
*Heat capacity = how many joules of energy the whole system takes to raise the system's temperature by 1C.
So, the CPU is generating x Watts of heat = x Joules of heat energy per second. Watercooling can absorb a LOT of Joules before the cooling system's temperature increases, thus helping in keeping the CPU away from its MaxTemp.
Plus when attached to a sizable radiator, watercooling system can release all those energy to the environment faster, thus reducing the effective energy absorbed by the system.