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Spire 9T236B1M3G Pentium4 Heatsink Review
Spire 9T236B1M3G Pentium4 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Who remembers the time when big loud fans were being slapped onto undersized heatsinks and being sold to consumers hungry for some overclocking?

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Spire   Cooling / Heatsinks   Apr 03, 2003   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: Thermal And Acoustic Results
Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

Even though this is more of a low noise cooler there is still a moderate whine to the heatsink when powered up. To listen to this heatsink for yourself in operation, be sure to click on the little headphones icon below and download the Acoustic Sample 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. Measurements are made on the dB (A) scale.

FrostyTech Sound Level Results
- Manufacturer Model Noise Level Scale
Zalman CNPS700-Cu 41.7 dB
Zalman CNPS6500-AlCu 47.4/28.9 dB
Intel Socket 478 42.5 dB
Spire 9T236B1M3G 46.7 dB
JMC 400124 47.2 dB
Arkua 848X-6B 49.3 dB
Taisol CEP426151A 50.7 dB
JMC 400094 50.8 dB
Vantec CCK-7025 51.4 dB
Arkua 838T-7G 51.7 dB
JMC 401100 53.0 dB
Dynatron DC1207BMW 53.0 dB
Thermal Integration (high) TI-V7035TN 53.6 dB
Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu 53.8 dB
Globalwin VA476 54.2 dB
Eumax DW-45 54.2 dB
Dynatron DC1206BMV 55.1 dB
Glacialtech Igloo 3300 55.4 dB
AVC 117140 56.1 dB
Taisol CCP445172 57.5 dB
CPUMate DIA10500 57.5 dB
NengTyi NW6700 58.0 dB
Coolermaster IHC-H71 64.4 dB louder

The heatsink measures in at 46.7 dB which is nice and under the 50 dB point. The sound seems a little higher pitched than other heatsinks of the same size and may be more audible outside of the computer case than that of a 80mm or 92mm fan. Up next, thermal results...

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Spire 9T236B1M3G Pentium4 Heatsink Review
 2:  Looking at the heatsink from all sides
 3:  New Heatsink Test Parameters
 4: — Thermal And Acoustic Results
 5:  Final Synthetic Temperature results

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