Quote from: techman05 on October 24, 2013, 08:37:00 PM

My fun is I need for both hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

I haven't thought to check if Bartech is having winter or summer right now or where the boards are being tested. Austrailia weather says Sydney 75*F/24C* during the day.

in australia, summer starts in december, work the rest of the seasons out from there.

8.50am friday morning right now, three of the last four days this week have been over 30C (86F) with a little drizzle of rain inbetween just to make it muggy shit. i heard some areas out west got up to 39C (102F).

that said, correct me if i;m wrong, but good guess that barntech and crew have warm to hot climates in mind with regard to heatsinks so either should be more than adequate regardless of where you live. if you were in the russian winter type situation, you MAY be able to get away without them altogether or go the passive cooling route which saves another fraction off your electricity bill. if power is expensive in your locale this could be a contributing factor to going passive rather than active, and realistically, it's not going to get cheaper. shit in finance inflates, you don't hear about deflation often.

everybody's predicament is different tho so one solution probably wont be exactly right for the next person, same as the all the random bullshit i'm reading regarding power supplies.

more food for thought ladies, if there's something wrong with the flavour, cook your own fucking brunch next time...