Originally posted by Scott T
I added that edit just a minute ago.
One other difference between cooling a car and computer - cars must be able to drive in 90-100 + degree heat without boiling. High-speed computers are generally kept in air-conditioned rooms below 70. That makes a huge difference in the cooling efficiency.
And supercomputers with 1500 degree cores are cooled by freon.
not athlons, there's no way to accurately read a core temp...but 198 is a nearby temp, so you gotta figure that its running as hot as an engine.
considering nearby temps of a car and nearby temps of a computer are comparable...
though the thickness isnt the problem with antifreeze and computer cooling, its got to do with the heat transfer not being as efficient as water. water wetter is actually a pretty good substitute for it.