On May 17, 2005, at 12:58 PM, Peter wrote:

>> I guess
>> with a game console the sounds of gunshots will overwhelm noise of 
>> the fans?
>
> There are some nice new fanless coolers out there. At least one uses 
> heatpipes and a huge case-radiator (a whole side of the case is the 
> radiator - no need for fins at that size). Conduction cooling is 
> pretty much standard in more serious equipment (even in camcorders and 
> dvd players!). It is not cheap. It can easily add $100 to a machine's 
> cost (pc level hardware).

Just the sort of thing one is likely to see on a game console?!  I 
thought that
the fancy cooling solutions were somewhat limited in the watts they 
could get
rid of.  A 3.xGHz pentium is nearly 100 watts.  And you're talking 
about TWO
of them...  (Luckily, the 1.8GHz Pentium-M run stuff at nearly the same 
overall
speed, and a fraction of the power dissipation.)

BillW
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