[Ti] like hell freezing over ?

[Henry Kalir]

Kynan Shook wrote:

> This is rather inaccurate.  First of all, the G5 does not *require* 9  
> fans; Apple *chose* to use 9 fans because then all of them can run  
> very slowly, generating as little noise as possible while keeping the  
> machine well within its normal operating temperatures.  The liquid  
> cooling is also fairly unnecessary, and is mostly used because the G5  
> is a much smaller chip than any of Intel's chips, hence its power  
> dissipation is much more dense.  So, even though the G5 takes  
> significantly less power than most Intel or other x86 chips, cooling  
> is sometimes more difficult because everything is so dense.
>
> So, in reality, the cooling system in the G5 is incredibly  
> overpowered for what it's doing.
>
> Henry Kalir <kalirhe at umdnj.edu> writes:
>
>> You cite Intel's "..[boring] power-hungry processor lineup" yet  fail to
>> mention that the G5 requires NINE cooling fans as well as **liquid
>> cooling** for the CPU to deal with the heat generated by its  
>> components.
>
Well...here's a site which deals with this and other issues:

http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=2436

Best,

Henry