Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

The waveform image tells most of the story; the two fans make a bit of noise but in general are pretty mild. You can listen to this heatsink in operation for yourself by clicking on the headphones and playing 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
	verax	P14	32.1 dB	Quiet
	Verax	P11T	35.3 dB
	Coolermaster	HHC-L61	42.2 dB
	Coolermaster	HSC-V62	43.7 dB
	JMC Prducts	400023	46.6 dB
	Zalman	All Flower HSF	47.4/28.9 dB
	Taisol	CGK760092	48.4 dB
	GlacialTech	Igloo 2310	49.4 dB
	Cho-Liang	CB0307U-17	49.5 dB
	Arkua	628	50.7 dB
	Noisecontrol	Silverado	50.8 dB
	Titan	MT1AB5	52.4 dB
	NengTyi	XPC5000	52.4 dB
	Ajigo	MF014021	52.8 dB
	Thermal Integration	TI-V77L	53.0 dB
	Ajigo	SF017011	53.6 dB
	GlacialTech	Igloo 2400	53.9 dB
	Tocools	Crown	54.5 dB
	Cybercooler	P5750	55.4 dB
	Coolermaster	HHC-001	59.9 dB
	Dynatron	DY1206BH-625	63.3 dB
	Dynatron	DC1206BMP	65.1 dB	louder

At 52.4 dB the heatsink is firmly middle of the road in terms of noise generation. A sound measurement closer to 50 dB would have been nice to see, but I suppose that would be asking for too much from two fans.