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Spire 5E30B3 Heatsink Review
Spire 5E30B3 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: The Spire 5E30B3 is a fairly standard design that looks quite similar to the copper-based Spire 5E34B3 heatsink.

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Spire   Cooling / Heatsinks   Jul 08, 2001   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: Synthetic Temperature Test Results:
FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform (50W heat load)
Mfg. Name Model No. Ambient Temp. (C) Large block (C) Small block (c) Thermal compound Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip
1 Globalwin CAK38 25.2 43.5 45.8 silver goo - 1 high hard
2 Thermalright SK6 26.4 38.9 46.4 silver goo none 1 loud med
3 Thermoengine V60-4210 25.0 43.9 47.6 AOS52029KY grey 1 low mod
4 Zalman CNPS3100 25.2 54.0 48.0 silver goo none 1 lg low med
5 Vantec FCE-62540D 24.3 43.6 49.3 AOS52029KY - 1 med-high easy
6 Vantec FCE-6030D 26.2 46.6 50.7 silver goo - 1 high med
7 Thermaltake DU0462-9 mini CuOrb 25.2 48.8 53.0 silver goo - 1 med med
8 Blizzard S370-L 25.8 52.4 54.7 silver goo none 1 low easy
9 Spire 5E30B3 25.5 50.2 57.1 silver goo pink 1 low stiff
10 Coolermaster DP5-6H11 26.6 49.9 61.0 AOS 52029KY pink 1 low stiff
11 Vantec GSW-6015 26.0 48.0 64.2 AOS 52029KY none 1 low easy

The heatsink managed to offer some fairly average performance, reinforcing our impressions of it as a fairly general cooler. While it did perform under the all important 60 degree mark, it did so by only a few degrees.

Still, any heatsink which comes in under the 60 degree mark is in range for good performance on a non-overclocked system.

Rise Above Ambient Temperature (C)
Mfg. Model with large block with small block
1 Thermalright SK6 12.5 20.0
2 Globalwin CAK38 18.3 20.6
3 Thermoengine V60-4210 18.9 22.6
4 Zalman CNPS3100 29.5 22.8
5 Vantec FCE-6030D 20.4 24.5
6 Vantec FCE-62540D 19.3 24.9
7 Thermaltake DU0462-9 mini CuOrb 23.6 27.8
8 Blizzard S370-L 26.6 28.9
9 Spire 5E30B3 24.7 31.6
10 Coolermaster DP5-6H11 23.3 34.4
11 Vantec GSW-6015 22.0 38.2

If we were to compare the results of this heatsink against the values we got with the 5E34B3 we would see that this heatsink actually seems to perform a degree or so better. It would seem like the copper plate in the other heatsink does not make much of a significant impact onto the overall performance characteristics of the heatsink.

Since the heat source from our synthetic test apparatus had to traverse just a pure aluminum interface it appeared to fair better than the ill equipped copper based version of this heatsink by a very slim degree.

At best the Spire 5E30B3 manages fairly average cooling performance and could be a good heatsink for the OEM level, but not as a performance cooler.

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 1:  Spire 5E30B3 Heatsink Review
 2:  Spire 5E30B3 Perspectives
 3:  FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform:
 4: — Synthetic Temperature Test Results:

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