Dynatron Thermal and Acoustic Test Results - DC1206BM-P FrostyTech Review

Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

The official Delta specs list the FFB0612SHE fan as a 50dB noise maker. Our tests as you will see in a few minutes demonstrate something a little bit louder. The acoustic sample we have below is worth checking out, and the image is probably a pretty good representation of just how loud these fans are.

To listen to this heatsink for yourself, simply click on the little pair of headphones and download the MP3 recording.

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.

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.

FrostyTech Sound Level Results

- Manufacturer Model Noise Level Scale

JMC Prducts 400023 46.6 dB quiet

Zalman All Flower HSF 47.4/28.9 dB

Taisol CGK760092 48.4 dB

GlacialTech Igloo 2310 49.4 dB

Arkua 6228 50.7 dB

Noisecontrol Silverado 50.8 dB

NengTyi XPC5000 52.4 dB

Thermal Integration TI-V77L 53.0 dB

Tocools Crown 54.5 dB

Cybercooler P5750 55.4 dB

Sibak AT01515B 55.8 dB

Sibak AE01625B 58.2 dB

Sibak AC02625B 59.7 dB

Dynatron DY1206BH-625 63.3 dB

Dynatron DC1206BMP 65.1 dB louder

Despite all the cooling performance 38mm Delta fans can bring to a heatsink I have to admit that I can't stand them. Don't get me wrong, I would rather have an icy-cold heatsink then a silicon melt-down, but these fans are simply to shrill, and to annoying to be worth it. Of course some of you really don't care, and that is just fine :)

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 Dynatron DC1206BMP 23.4 36.0 41.3 47.5 58.8 none 1 very loud med

2 Arkua 6228 23.9 42.7 42.1 58.9 62.3 none 1 med med

3 Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med

4 Sibak AC02625B 23.2 41.3 59.0 43.2 64.7 none 1 loud med

5 Swiftech MCXC370 21.4 38.3 43.4 53.5 65.7 none 1 med med

6 Tocools Crown 23.2 38.8 47.9 53.2 70.2 none 1 loud stiff

7 Dynatron DY1206BH-625 23.2 40.0 47.6 55.1 70.4 none 1 loud stiff

8 Vantec CCK-6027D 27.4 45.4 49.6 64.9 73.4 none 1 med med

9 Cybercooler P5750 23.3 43.4 49.2 63.5 74.9

10 Swiftech MCX370 22.3 42.0 46.1 60.3 75.6 none 1 med hard

11 NengTyi XPC5000 23.9 46.5 49.1 69.1 76.1 none 1 med med

12 Taisol CGK760092 23.4 42.7 61.2 51.3 77.5 pink 1 low med

13 Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 24.8 46.4 53.8 65.6 78.2 none 1 very low easy

14 AVC 112AM1 24.8 46.6 52.9 70.1 79.6 none 1 low stiff

15 GlacialTech Igloo 2310 23.5 44.9 66.7 53.7 80.8 silver 1 med very stiff

16 Sibak AE01625B 23.5 40.8 54.4 57.1 81.0 none 1 loud easy

17 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 26.5 40.3 55.3 58.6 84.4 carbon 1 loud med

18 JMC Products 400023 23.1 44.5 65.2 55.3 85.2 Chomerics T725 1 low easy

19 Sibak AT01515B 23.0 45.1 64.6 60.1 95.2 none 2 med stiff

50W 50W 100W 100W

Wow, we don't see this kind of a lead that often. The Dynatron Model P jumps to the top of the pack and shows us some pretty damn fine initial performance results.

This is directly as a result of the large and speedy fan, and while these results are pretty fine, the noise measurements from the previous test are down right horrible at 65 dB. With the good come the bad as they say.

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)

Mfg. Model 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block

50W 50W 100W 100W

1 Dynatron DC1206BMP 12.6 17.9 24.1 35.4

2 Thermal Integration TI-V77L 12.6 17.9 31.0 37.1

3 Arkua 6228 18.8 18.2 35.0 38.4

4 Sibak AC02625B 18.1 35.8 20.0 41.5

5 Swiftech MCXC370 16.9 22.0 32.1 44.3

6 Vantec CCK-6027D 18.0 22.2 37.5 46.0

7 Tocools Crown 15.6 30.0 24.7 47.0

8 Dynatron DY1206BH-625 16.8 31.9 24.4 47.2

9 NengTyi XPC5000 22.6 25.2 45.2 52.2

10 Swiftech MCX370 19.7 23.8 38.0 53.3

11 Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 21.6 29.0 40.8 53.4

12 Taisol CGK760092 19.3 37.8 27.9 54.1

13 AVC 112AM1 21.8 28.1 45.3 54.8

14 GlacialTech Igloo 2310 21.4 43.2 30.2 57.3

15 Sibak AE01625B 17.3 30.9 33.6 57.5

16 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 13.8 28.8 32.1 57.9

17 Zalman CNPS6000AlCu 23.4 31.4 47.3 61.1

18 JMC Products 400023 21.3 42.0 32.1 62.0

19 Sibak AT01515B 22.1 41.6 37.1 72.2

50W 50W 100W 100W

After figuring out the rise above ambient temperatures we can see that the Dynatron BMP remains one very good performance heatsink. The 7000RPM Delta fan contributes in no small way to this heatsinks performance and we can see that the thermal values across the board are very good indeed.

Noise wise this heatsink will drive you crazy in about three hours. After that you will want to rip the Delta fan right off and replace it with a low noise fan. At that point cooling will drop to just good performance levels and you will again be back at FrostyTech looking for the holy grail of cooler - silent and cold. In the mean time, enjoy those three hours with the Dynatron DC1206BMP before you loose your hearing :)

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