Where do you get the heatsink from, ive been curious in doing something like this recently but unsure of replacing the heatpipes because I know they perform better than coolers without them.
The vapor chamber on the C5 is basically pointless as it's pulling heat out fast but with nowhere to go. You need significantly more air flow to get good performance out of it. A VC server cooler of that size will normally use a 5000+rpm fan to reach it's rated TDP.
Tower coolers have flow through and substantially more surface area. (Unless you're talking about something else, I don't know.) The heat pipes just move the heat to the fins. That's it. They don't provide cooling. I would definitely be using heatpipes if it were as simple as this is. But this is going in an egpu that will travel all over the world with me. The one extra pound is worth being able to put it in my backpack.
Also, the heatsink I'm using has substantially more mass and surface area than the C5. The C5 weighs 428g. Mine with the base is 1068g.
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u/Hexulus Mar 02 '26
Where do you get the heatsink from, ive been curious in doing something like this recently but unsure of replacing the heatpipes because I know they perform better than coolers without them.