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	Thermaltake	DragonOrb3	25.4	45.6	47.5	silver goo	-	1	loud	very stiff
4	Vantec	CCK-6035D	27.0	45.8	48.0	silver goo	none	1	high	easy
5	Dynatron	DC1206BMO	25.8	41.6	48.3	silver goo	none	1	loud	stiff
6	Millennium	Glaciator	27.0	46.0	50.0	silver goo	none	1	med	easy
7	Vantec	FCE-6030D	26.2	46.6	50.7	silver goo	-	1	high	med
8	Dynatron	DC1206BML	25.7	48.1	52.8	silver goo	none	1	med	med
9	Blizzard	S370-L	25.8	52.4	54.7	silver goo	none	1	low	easy
10	Neng Tyi	SN03	27.7	45.9	57.2	AOS 52029KY	green	1	med	stiff
11	AVC	112BJO	25.2	51.8	58.5	silver goo	pink	1	med	stiff
12	AVC	Skive 212AHO	25.1	55.0	60.0	silver goo	white	1	med	stiff

The clip trough is 6mm wide, and only cuts into the base by 0.5mm so the heat spreading properties are not severely hampered.

Many of the copper heatsinks in this set of reference coolers are in the 600 gram or heavier category. In particular the Dragon Orb3 and the Millennium are quite hefty. Still other coolers like the Thermalright SK6 and the Vantec CCK6035D are more inline with the weight of the Dynatron Model-O.

With those heatsinks in mind it is easy to see how the efficiency of the Model-O's design has enabled it to place quite well in this first round of raw data comparisons.

Naturally the all copper Dynatron Model-O manages to place better than its all-aluminum counterpart, the Model-L.

Anyhow lets let the real numbers fly and take a look at the results of our tests on the synthetic temperature platform, while examining the rise above ambient results.