How Manufacturers Test Heatsinks & Thermal Compound
Jan 02, 2006 - Frosty No.1915
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Have you ever wondered how a heatsink manufacturer tests its new heatsinks to ensure what you buy will do the job?
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Cooling Overview 2005 - Lower Noise, Better Thermals
Jan 02, 2006 - Frosty No.1914
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Since this 2005 synopsis is mostly
an examination of heatsinks shot at recent trade shows, we'll jump right into the mix.
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EKL V8 AMD Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Dec 18, 2005 - Frosty No.1912
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
As we examine the EKL V8 heatsink more closely it will be with the intent of determining just how well it handles the heat when low noise levels are maintained.
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Vantec Mach 1 MP4-7015-FC Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Dec 18, 2005 - Frosty No.1911
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The 515 gram MP4-7015-FC Mach 1 heatsink utilizes a 70mm fan that generates anywhere between 48-57 dBA noise, depending on the manually set fan speed.
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Gigabyte G-Power Pro GH-PDU21-MF Heatsink Review
Dec 07, 2005 - Frosty No.1904
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Gigabyte G-Power Pro heatsink is a radical design that works very well at medium to high fan speeds. The heatsink is designed to work on AMD Athlon64 socket 754/939/940, Intel Pentium 4 socket 775/478, and AMD K7 socket 462/A/370 processors.
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 29, 2005 - Frosty No.1895
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Freezer 64 Pro suspends its 2200RPM fan on four dualaxial rubber vibration absorbing posts.
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Arctic Cooling Silencer 64 Ultra TC Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 28, 2005 - Frosty No.1893
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink is constructed from a simple aluminum extrusion, and aside from the rather odd-looking low noise fan is pretty straightforward.
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AVC Z7UB301 AMD Reference Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 28, 2005 - Frosty No.1894
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The AVC Z7UB301 heatsink is one of the first stock Socket 754 heatsinks AMD shiped with its processors, and it is currently used with most Socket 939 Athlon64 CPU models too.
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Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 13, 2005 - Frosty No.1889
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
One of the design elements incorporated into the Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) heatsink are four 17x18mm exhaust ports milled from the copper base plate.
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Titan TTC-K8ATB/825/SC Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 13, 2005 - Frosty No.1888
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Titan TTC-K8ATB/825/SC comes with a fan speed controller used to wrangle in the 63 dBA, 3800RPM fan.
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Thermaltake Polo735 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 07, 2005 - Frosty No.1882
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The 732 gram heatsink is heavy, so care should be taken when installing it onto the processor; be that AMD Athlon64, AthlonXP or Intel Pentium 4.
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Thermaltake Venus 12 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 06, 2005 - Frosty No.1881
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink is completely made of copper components, and utilizes 5500RPM Everflow fan which moves upwards of 72CFM at full speed.
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Gigabyte Neon Cooler 8-BL Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 06, 2005 - Frosty No.1880
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The copper pad is set into a machined recess in the aluminum base and helps to transfer heat energy from an AMD Athlon64 processor's IHS to the surrounding heatsink more efficiently.
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Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 05, 2005 - Frosty No.1879
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Silent Boost K8 heatsink does not come with any fan speed controllers, or temperature sensors, so it is a very basic cooling solution for standard desktop computers.
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Ajigo MF043044 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 05, 2005 - Frosty No.1878
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink comes with a pre-applied
patch of Shin Etsu G751 thermal compound on it, so installation is dead simple.
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Cooljag SFO-D(18SC) Skived Copper Opteron Heatsink Review
Nov 03, 2005 - Frosty No.1877
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Cooljag SFO-D(18SC) is a heavy one piece skived copper heatsink intended
for use with AMD Athlon64 and Opteron processors.
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Dynatron A22 V-Shaped Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Nov 02, 2005 - Frosty No.1876
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink at first appears to be
nothing more than a plain aluminum skived heatsink, but closer examination
reveals a couple very effective innovations, not the least of which are
the V-shaped fins.
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Dynatron A41 (SK-V24) V-Shaped Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Oct 31, 2005 - Frosty No.1875
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Designed properly, a skived aluminum heatsink can leave an extruded aluminum heatsink in the dust.
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Evercool Magic Cooler MAG01CA Heatsink Review
Oct 29, 2005 - Frosty No.1874
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Will its compact 70mm fan deliver enough airflow? Can its slim 4mm thick disk of copper set into the base really make any difference?
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Jetart JAK801 Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Oct 24, 2005 - Frosty No.1872
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
It might be a little strange to be testing out a Socket 754 AMD Athlon64 heatsink, but there are plenty of single-channel DDR Socket 754 processors still out there...
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Evercool K802-715CA Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Sep 15, 2005 - Frosty No.1853
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Consumers investigating this model from Evercool had best limit its application to lower model number socket 754/939 Athlon64/Sempron CPUs.
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Zalman CNPS9500 LED Heatsink Review
Sep 13, 2005 - Frosty No.1851
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Zalman CNPS9500 LED heatsink is compatible with all current AMD and Intel socket formfactors (including Sockets 775, 478, 939, 940, 754), and weighs in at roughly 530grams.
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Evercool NW11F Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jun 05, 2005 - Frosty No.1799
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Evercool NW11F-CLB825CA/LD2 is a socket 478 Pentium 4 heatsink based on a fairly standard design principle.
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Spire Verticool SPA49B0 Socket A Heatsink Review
May 01, 2005 - Frosty No.1783
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
A single 80x25mm fan forces air through a stacked array of aluminum fins, connected to the lower half of the heatsink by two "U" shaped 6mm diameter
copper heatpipes.
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Scythe SCKK-1000 Kama Cooler Heatsink Review
Nov 28, 2004 - Frosty No.1694
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The word 'Kama' means scythe in Japanese, and with that we can only assume that the Scythe SCKK1000 is supposed to take a "slice out of heat..."
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Gigabyte 3D Rocket Cooler PCU22-SE Heatsink Review
Nov 22, 2004 - Frosty No.1686
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Gigabyte PCU22-SE is configured to work on the socket 462/A AthlonXP, socket 478 & 775 Pentium 4,
and socket 754/940/939 Athlon64 processors.
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AOpen ACP4SH Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Nov 21, 2004 - Frosty No.1685
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Designed with a skived copper base, and heatpipes, this cooler is technically used with the socket 775 Intel processor in the XCube system.
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Cooljag JACE2DC/180 1U Socket 478 Heatsink Review
Nov 15, 2004 - Frosty No.1680
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Cooljag 2QC/180 has an extra set of tall copper fins on either side of the squirrel cage fan, whereas the JACE2DC/180 we are testing here, maintains the same 7mm tall fins from end-to-end.
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