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GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: As with other Glacialtech heatsinks, the Igloo 4300 uses fairly thin fins of varying height to dissipate the heat.

 Manufacturer  Category  Published  Author 
GlacialTech   Cooling / Heatsinks   Nov 27, 2002   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: Acoustic Test Results

Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

With the 15x70x70mm fan on the Igloo 4300 it is a little bit on the loud side. Stock Intel heatsinks are always a lot quieter. To hear the heatsink in operation for yourself, click on the little headphones below and download the MP3 file.

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber
Standard Waveform view of a 10 second recording. Click on the headphones to listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink in operation. Listen to this Heatsink now.

Sound Level Measurements:

Listening to the actual noise a heatsink makes allows you to hear what pure numbers alone cannot get across. To further emphasize FrostyTech's reliance on cold hard facts when evaluating a heatsink, we also take Decibel readings with a sound level meter. These results may be higher than the manufacturer's listed specs, but then again these are real world measurements.

FrostyTech Sound Level Results
- Manufacturer Model Noise Level Scale
Verax P16 35.3 dB quiet
Zalman CNPS6500B-AlCu 47.4/28.9 dB
Intel Socket 478 42.5 dB
Cho-Liang CL-CB0094-1A 49.8 dB
Cho-Liang CL-CB00881 50.2 dB
Taisol CEP426151A 50.7 dB
ChoLiang CB0307Z17 52.9 dB
Dynatron DC1207BMW 53.0 dB
Globalwin VA476 54.2 dB
Dynatron DC1206BMV 55.1 dB
Tocools S1 55.5 dB
Vantec VP4C7040 55.6 dB
ChoLiang CB0309Z17 55.7 dB
AVC 117140 56.1 dB
Tocools Regal 56.5 dB
GlacialTech Igloo 4300 56.6 dB
NengTyi NW6700 58.0 dB
Coolermaster IHC-H71 64.4 dB
Thermalright AX-478 66.5 dB louder

We measured the Igloo 4300 with our sound meter under real world conditions and it produced just about 57 dB of noise. The stock Intel heatsink on the other hand generally produces less than 50 dB of noise.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
 2:  Close up look at the heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Test Parameters
 4: — Acoustic Test Results
 5:  Synthetic Thermal Test Results

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