heatsink = fan?

[yellowsnowman]

I was wondering if a heatsink for a cpu is the fan, or is it something else?

 

[jack22]

It is formally calld the heatsink/fan. Normally you can call it the heatsink which is a fan directly on the cpu like you'll have in your pc.

 

[yellowsnowman]

ahh ok

 

[TRDCorolla1]

The heatsink is referred to the metal device (with a bunch of fins) that helps to draw out high temp created by the processor by means of a separate device (usually a fan) which is normally mounted on the heatsink.

 

[TibsBeatAll]

Heatsink is the aluminum or Copper material that is attached to the CPU or Gpu.

 

[trance565]

ya, fan = plastic (normally small) heatsink = metal, fan mounted on, heatsink normally mid size ...