heatsink
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1. heatsink - Noun
2. heatsink - Verb
Meaning
heatsink (plural heatsinks)
Alternative spelling of heat sink
heatsink (third-person singular simple present heatsinks, present participle heatsinking, simple past heatsinked, past participle heatsinked or heatsunk)
(transitive) To fit with a heat sink.
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A custom heatsink covers the top side of the card and its primary job is to keep the controller cool, though it's also in direct contact with all the memory chips on the front side of the PCB.
Although the pi is not currently in an enclosure I wonder if it is worth getting a heatsink kit?
It does get very warm when using it with the 57BYGH420 (125 oz-in 2 amps per phase) stepper motor - even with the added heatsink.
The chipset heatsink, PCIe slots, and even the DIMM slots are covered in RGB LEDs, configurable through Gigabyte's RGB Fusion utility.
I would recommend a heatsink if you are going to leave the motor enabled (like when micro-stepping).
The first stop on our tour of the Pro Carbon's expansion options is the primary M.2 slot and its integrated heatsink.