Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net> -snip- > But other than the cooling aspect of it are there ANY OTHER > benefits to > using the larger surface area. Or is the cooling the ONLY reason the > larger surface area is desired? Yep. Oxides and nitrides can build up on the surface. More surface area = less time between cleaning. Tom.