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Abstract: Like the its brother the S370-L, the Blizzard S370 sports a set of thick copper fins, and a solid copper construction.
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Blizzard S370 Perspectives |
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Fan:
The Blizzard uses a 60mm, 7-bladed
Sanyo Denki fan like the MC462A Rev1. This fan though is only
25mm in height. Fan is powered from a Molex connector so it
draws its' power directly from the power supply. The Molex connector
is not a pass-thru type however. |
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Heatsink
Top: It's
always mesmerizing looking down onto a fresh set of copper pins, and the
S370 is no different. The heatsink ships unassembled, so it is up to you to
put it together before it will cool a single thing. All the
fins are on a 2mm spacing regime, and each fin is ~29mm tall.
Note the four clips, one on each corner which help
to hold the fan in place securely. |
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Side A: From this
angle it is easy to see how the fins are
interconnected with the copper base. The Blizzard uses a wire-based clip to hold itself in
place. The benefit of this approach is that no fins have to be cut
down in order for the heatsink to be mountable. The clip is quite easy to engage,
and places a moderate amount of force down onto the processor core. The entire heatsink
sits 59mm tall.
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Side B:
Looking at the other side you can see the
basic component which has gone into making this heatsink. Each
fin is identical to another and is stamped from a sheet of
copper. The fins
measure 62x31mm and have (10) fingers measuring 4x20mm.
The base of the Blizzard is notched out 2mm to make space
for the socket cam arm. |
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Heatsink
Base:
Though this photo of the base is a bit washed
out, the base of the Blizzard is polished smooth. The base is
not perfectly flat, but rather very s
lightly domed inward.
The curve is so slight that is shouldn't pose
any problems with a small silicon die mounting
properly. |
Time to
test out the
Blizzard S370 copper heatsink on the Frosty Synthetic Temperature Test platform and compare it
with several other reference heatsinks.
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