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

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg.	Model	Ambient Temp.	27mm large copper block		27mm large copper block	Thermal pad	No. Fans	Fan Noise	Clip force
			50W		100W
JMC	401100	19.5	35.1		47.4	grey	1	med	easy
Zalman	CNPS7000-Cu	21.0	35.1		48.7	none	1	low	easy
Taisol	CCP445172	20.2	37.7		50.9	none	1	med	easy
AVC	117140	22.6	37.8		50.4	none	1	med	med
Coolermaster	IHC-H71	23.0	37.0		51.1	none	1	loud	stiff
Arkua	8568	22.4	37.8		51.7	none	1	med	med
JMC	400124	19.5	36.6		52.1	none	1	med-low	easy
Thermal Integration (high)	TI-V7035TN	20.2	38.3		52.9	none	1	very loud	easy
Dynatron	DC1206BMY	19.5	38.1		53.1	none	1	med	easy
Dynatron	DC1207BMX	20.9	38.1		53.3	none	1	med	easy
NengTyi	XPC5000	23.8	38.4		53.9	none	1	med	loud
Alpha	PAL8942	27.9	42.6		54.0	none	1	med	med
CPUMate	DIA-10500	22.8	39.3		55.5	none	1	med	easy
Zalman	CNPS6500-AlCu	23.1	40.3		57.4	none	1	low	easy
Glacialtech	Igloo 3300	22.4	40.5		58.8	silver	1	low	easy
Taisol	CEP426151A	24.3	43.7		59.7	none	1	med	easy
Intel	Socket 478	22.4	41.8		59.8	carbon	1	low	med
Arkua	838T-7G	23.3	42.0		60.0	none	1	med	easy
Dynatron	DC1207BMW	23.2	42.7		61.1	none	1	med	easy
Titan	TTC-MT3AB	22.8	41.5		61.2	none	2	loud	stiff
Dynatron	DC1206BM-S	22.4	43.2		62.0	none	1	med	med
AVC	117160	22.4	42.7		62.2	white pad	1	med	med
Eumax	DW-45	22.6	44.0		62.7	none	1	med	easy
Zalman	CNPS5700D-Cu	25.7	44.6		64.0	none	1	med	easy
Vantec	CCK-7025	27.0	45.4		64.1	none	1	med	med
JMC	400094	26.1	46.6		65.0	none	1	med	easy
Globalwin	VA476	28.7	49.5		68.0	grey	1	med	easy
Dynatron	DC1206BMV	23.1	45.1		68.2	none	1	low	easy
Vantec	GSN-7015	22.4	47.5		69.0	none	1	loud	stiff
Vantec	GSW-6015	23.4	47.4		73.9	none	1	med	easy
Arkua	848X-6B	27.2	54.5		80.4	none	1	low	med
Dynatron	DC1U-B02	20.9	53.8		88.3	none	1	loud	stiff
			50W		100W

It is probably worth mentioning that this heatsink is just a little on the old side, but hey, an old heatsink means it doesn't cost that much and could find its way into a value oriented system. In any case the initial results are not very good against the current crop of socket 478 heatsinks.

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
Mfg.	Model	27mm large copper block		27mm large copper block
		50W		100W
Alpha	PAL8942	14.7		26.1
Zalman	CNPS7000-Cu	14.1		27.7
AVC	117140	15.2		27.8
JMC	401100	15.6		27.9
Coolermaster	IHC-H71	14.0		28.1
Arkua	8568	15.4		29.3
NengTyi	XPC5000	14.6		30.1
Taisol	CCP445172	17.5		30.7
Dynatron	DC1207BMX	17.2		32.4
JMC	400124	17.1		32.6
CPUMate	DIA-10500	16.5		32.7
Thermal Integration (high)	TI-V7035TN	18.1		32.7
Dynatron	DC1206BMY	18.6		33.6
Zalman	CNPS6500-AlCu	17.2		34.3
Taisol	CEP426151A	19.4		35.4
Arkua	838T-7G	18.7		36.7
Glacialtech	Igloo 3300	18.1		37.1
Intel	Socket 478	19.4		37.4
Dynatron	DC1207BMW	19.5		37.9
Zalman	CNPS5700D-Cu	18.9		38.3
Vantec	CCK-7025	18.4		38.4
Titan	TTC-MT3AB	18.7		38.4
JMC	400094	20.5		38.9
Globalwin	VA476	20.8		39.3
Dynatron	DC1206BM-S	20.8		39.6
AVC	117160	20.3		39.8
Eumax	DW-45	21.4		40.1
Dynatron	DC1206BMV	22.0		45.1
Vantec	GSN-7105	25.1		46.6
Vantec	GSW-6015	24.0		50.5
Arkua	848X-6B	27.3		53.2
Dynatron	DC1U-B02	32.9		67.4
		50W		100W

The final temperatures for the Vantec GSW-6015 make it evident that the reign of entirely extruded heatsinks is pretty much over. The GSW-6015 can no longer compete, and if you have this heatsink in your computer, and love its low noise qualities, I'm afraid you are going to have to leave it behind if you upgrade to a more powerful Pentium 4 processor.

The thermal performance of this Vantec heatsink is just too low for a desktop cooler considering the options which are available on the cooling marketplace these days.

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