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Spire 5E055B1H3R Copper Heatsink Review
Spire 5E055B1H3R Copper Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Suffering from permanent hearing damage because of your heatsink cooler? Don't worry you're not alone, in the quesr to get the biggest and fasted heatsinks on the planet...

 Manufacturer  Category  Published  Author 
Spire   Cooling / Heatsinks   Dec 11, 2001   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: Thermal Test Results, Acoustic Sample

The unknown fan on the Model 5E is only 15mm in height and doesn't spin wildly fast so noise is not much of an issues with this heatsink. That is not to say that the cooler is completely silent however, chances are that you just won't hear it above the power supply or hard drives. To hear for yourself first hand, we have included an MP3 recording about ten seconds long of the heatsink in operation. To listen to this heatsink, just clip on the headphones!

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber (~10 sec)
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(Listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink by clicking on the headphones)

Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W small interface die test results.

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 50W 100W 100W
1 Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med
2 Thermal Integration TI-S86-25 21.4 38.3 42.9 52.8 64.4 grey 1 loud med
3 Vantec CCK-6027D 27.4 45.4 49.6 64.9 73.4 none 1 med med
4 OCZ Dominator 26.5 37.7 50.9 52.4 74.2 none 1 loud med
5 Swiftech MCX370-0A 22.3 42.0 46.1 60.3 75.6 none 1 med hard
6 Akasa Silver Mountain 26.6 46.2 51.5 65.0 76.1 none 1 loud med
7 Vantec CCK-6035D-Retail 26.5 44.2 52.8 63.2 77.9 none 1 loud med
8 Spire 5E055B1H3R 24.5 50.8 54.5 79.8 82.1 none 1 low med
9 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 26.5 40.3 55.3 58.6 84.4 carbon 1 loud med
10 Thermalright CB-6L 24.6 50.3 57.7 73.8 92.7 white pad 1 low med
11 Fortis A92 26.7 45.6 65.8 67.8 97.8 none 1 loud stiff
50W 50W 100W 100W

Initial results are pegging the Model 5E from Spire in the OEM class of heatsinks. At the very least, the cooler is substantially smaller than the rest of the competition if not quieter as well. One thing is for sure however, the Model 5E is really not designed to handle the large interface die. The temperatures during those tests are just absymal.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Spire 5E055B1H3R Copper Heatsink Review
 2:  A closer look at this heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Test Apparatus - Acoustic, Thermal
 4: — Thermal Test Results, Acoustic Sample
 5:  Final Words on the Spire Heatsink

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