Isn’t it wonderful? It used to just be relegated to the slim cases of notebooks, but now it’s in nearly every new Dell that’s sold.

I’m sure you are wondering why new computers have them, old ones do not, and what is going on inside of these pipes that route through a heatsink.

It’s pretty simple really why these pipes exist, and it has to do with how fast metal can move heat through them. It makes more sense to use this type of technology than a big chunk of copper, since copper can only go so far.

Intel will usually quote when this type of technology is needed to remove heat from the top of your brand new CPU. It may however be possible to achieve good airflow which is moves enough heat, but it will be louder than this type of heat conversion.

I was told once that the material inside of these pipes was Chlorine, which didn’t make much sense at the time. So I found a guy who actually made a heatpipe of his own, and I have to admit, he used some good techniques for testing and laying out what he did.

If you are looking for more information about heat pipes then you know where to look.