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AVC 212AHO Skive Heatsink Review
AVC 212AHO Skive Heatsink Review
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Abstract: It's rare to come across a heatsink that actually surprises us with how it's made.

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AVC   Cooling / Heatsinks   Jul 12, 2001   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: AVC Skive 212AHO Heatsink Perspectives
AVC Skive 212AHO Heatsink Perspectives

The Fan:
The fan is 60mm wide and only 11m thick - very slim. Listed as a ball bearing cooler, the 11-bladed fan pushes air into the fins at a respectable 4800RPM. The fan connects to the motherboard via a three-pin connector, and has a lead for RPM monitoring.

Heatsink Top:
With a riveted on aluminum shroud, the fan screws into a solid frame, rather then the actual fan blades themselves. There is a 6.5mm space for the clip to pass through that cuts about 2mm into the overall thickness of the base material. If you look very closely you will notice that each fin is very slightly curved. The tips of the fins are like knife-edges (not so much as to cut a finger thankfully) which may help air move over the fins more easily.

Side A:
Each of the 40 fins is about 0.5mm thick and 24mm tall. The fins are spaced about 1.0mm apart. The base of the Skive heatsink is 8mm thick, which is a bit higher than the average of 6mm most heatsinks generally adhere to. There is exactly 4mm of space between the tips of the fins and the base of the fan.

Side B:
Two small aluminum rivets hold the aluminum shroud in place quite solidly. The entire heatsink is quite light compared to the current crop of 600+ gram heatsinks flooding the market. The clip that is used requires a heatsink to engage - which can be a bit of a pain at times.

Heatsink Base:
The base of the Skive caught our attention for a couple of reasons. First the neat little rivets just stood out, second, the milled recess for the socket cam arm, and lack thereof for the rest of the base. Most significantly though, the base of the heatsink is perfectly covered with a white thermal compound. This is thermal goo, not a pad. The base shows some very slight marks from the extrusion die, and is bowed outwards a small amount. Machining of the base would have been nice to see.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  AVC 212AHO Skive Heatsink Review
 2: — AVC Skive 212AHO Heatsink Perspectives
 3:  Testing Procedures
 4:  Test Results and Conclusions

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