Gamers Nexus recently posted a video that explains how heat pipes and CPU coolers work to dissipate heat. The video goes into some of the physics behind the process. There is also a longer explanation for the process from Gamers Nexus at http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/981-how-cpu-coolers-work.

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