Taisol CEK787172 Socket A Heatsink Review
Dec 23, 2003 - Frosty No.1506
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
While the CEK787172 heatsink is dead basic, for older systems where cost and reliability is a factor it might be a good option.
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Arkua 728M-7N01 Copper Core Heatsink Review
Dec 21, 2003 - Frosty No.1505
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
There are a great many PCs out there that simply need a good heatsink, and the Arkua 728M-7N01 is one such candidate.
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Tocools Novasonic-AlCu Heatsink Review
Dec 20, 2003 - Frosty No.1504
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Tocools have ingeniously created a triangular base within the heatsink by machining the individual fins from the raw aluminum to create a triangle of material down the center...
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Jetart JAP416A Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Dec 19, 2003 - Frosty No.1503
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Surprisingly, the all aluminum Jetart JAP416A follows in the footsteps of the performance heatsinks and manages to offer very competitive thermal performance statistics indeed.
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Jetart JAP407A Copper Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Dec 19, 2003 - Frosty No.1502
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
On the plus side, the JAP407A boasts a
nice machined base, copper fins, and a good strong 25mm thick fan up top.
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Titan TTC-CW9TB/SC Copper Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Dec 15, 2003 - Frosty No.1498
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Not only do users have to reach around back of the PC to fine tune the speed of the CW9TB/SC's fan, but they also loose access to one whole PCI expansion slot...
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Cooljag CJC66IC-A Copper Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Dec 15, 2003 - Frosty No.1497
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
CJC66IC-A heatsink does not reveal itself until the fans' intake air reaches elevated temperatures, and
once that happens, the full speed of the fan kicks in.
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TS Heatronics NCU-1000 Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Nov 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1486
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This is technically a 'zero noise' heatsink - a cooler which in
and of itself produces exactly 0 dBA of noise.
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Aopen ACP4LC Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Oct 26, 2003 - Frosty No.1482
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Aopen's fan adaptor allows an 80mm Nidec fan to mount to the 70mm heatsink frame. The point of this, is of course to reduce the noise created by the fan by using a larger and slower rotating impeller.
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Auras T6C Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Oct 22, 2003 - Frosty No.1480
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
When it comes to a new heatsink from an obscure company, it never
pays to assume anything.
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Cooligy Active Microchannel Cooling System
Oct 08, 2003 - Frosty No.1476
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Mix in reported cooling potential of
1000Watts per square centimeter (current processors output about 250W/cm2), and you can see why we're more than just a little interested.
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nPowerTek TTIC NPH-1 Heatpipe Heatsink Review
Sep 15, 2003 - Frosty No.1464
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink looks fairly unremarkable from the outside, but at the center
sits a 25mm diameter copper heatpipe which gives the NPH-1 some really serious kick.
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Verax P16Cu Silent Pentium4 Heatsink Review
Sep 12, 2003 - Frosty No.1463
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Now gather round and listen closely, what do you hear? Do you hear a multitude of fans inside your computer spinning away as they stem off miniature silicon meltdowns?
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Intel Stock 3.06GHz Copper/Aluminum Heatsink Review
Sep 08, 2003 - Frosty No.719
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Assembled from one 9mm copper base and
many thin aluminum fins, the process used is called swagging.
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Vantec Nexus NXP205 Fan-Controller Review
Sep 08, 2003 - Frosty No.1462
Category: Cases
The NXP205 fan controllers maintain the four dials with blue LED black lights, but this time around the package is much smaller.
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Arkua 8456X-8T Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 07, 2003 - Frosty No.1460
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The 8456X-8T ranks in at 46.5 dB in our
acoustic tests, and even with the large 80mm fan this Arkua heatsink is hardly
aiming for the performance markets.
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Arctic Cooling Super Silent 4 Pro Heatsink Review
Sep 07, 2003 - Frosty No.1461
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
A passive heatsink is always going to be the worlds one and only zero noise producing cooler, but the real prize is the zero noise active heatsink.
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Arkua Q85X7J Heatpipe Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 07, 2003 - Frosty No.1459
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Heatpipes have been finding their way into more and more heatsinks for a couple of very
good reasons.
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Spire SP411C5 QuieTude II Heatsink Review
Sep 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1454
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
At 300RPM the SP411C5 is good in the noise department, but at higher temperatures it can get somewhat loud.
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Taisol CEP447181 Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Sep 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1456
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Given the 70mm size, the fan is
remarkably un-quiet - which can only indicate that the Taisol CEP447181 isn't a pushover.
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Spire SP420B8 CopperStream P4 Heatsink Review
Sep 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1455
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The fins come off the assembly line interlocked with
one anther via small tabs and the entire fin assembly is soldered to the copper
base plate.
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Verax P14Cu Copper Base Heatsink Review
Jul 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1397
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Verax CAIRdB thermally
controlled fans are one the most unique zero-noise fans in the
marketplace that we have tested.
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Cooler Master Aero1 ASB-V73-U1 Copper Heatsink
Jun 30, 2003 - Frosty No.1393
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Squirrel cage fans have a couple of benefits over standard vaneaxial fans when it comes to lower-noise heatsinks, though they don't tend to deliver nearly as much air.
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Globalwin CAK4-88T Copper Heatsink Review
Jun 29, 2003 - Frosty No.1300
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Since the copper skive
portion of the Globalwin CAK4-88T is just 70mm in size, Globalwin have added
an 80mm-70mm fan adaptor.
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Taisol CMK702151A Copper Heatpipe Heatsink Review
Jun 29, 2003 - Frosty No.1351
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The tri-heatpipe and suspended base heatsink we see here from Taisol is one of the more unique concepts to come out of Taiwan of late.
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Spire 5F271B1L3 Copper Core Heatsink Review
Jun 27, 2003 - Frosty No.1419
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
If done properly, the copper will ultimately increase the surface area of the heat source enticing quicker transmission to the outer fins more effectively.
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Vantec Spectrum UV LED Case Fans Review
Jun 23, 2003 - Frosty No.1416
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Vantec's adaptation of that
idea is certainly a lot cleaner and less expensive route to take - and no cold
cathode is required.
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Evercool NW9F715CA Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jun 22, 2003 - Frosty No.1415
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The heatsink breaks with tradition and features an extruded aluminum
heatsink with soldered-in copper base insert.
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CPUMate DAA-11500 Copper Heatsink Review
Jun 22, 2003 - Frosty No.1414
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Starting from the outset the CPUmate DAA11500 has all the necessary ingredients to make it an ideal socket A cooler.
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Foxconn Generic Socket A Heatsink Review
Jun 21, 2003 - Frosty No.1423
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
This isn't the best way of adding a copper heatspreader to an all aluminum extrusion heatsink, but it is one of the least expensive and simple ways to go about achieving that feature.
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Spire BFA07B2 Copper Core Heatsink Review
Jun 20, 2003 - Frosty No.1422
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Based on an older design which did not feature a copper insert, the BFA07B2 can almost be considered a second generation heatsink.
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CoolJag JVC661A V-Type Pentium 4 Heatsink Review
Jun 13, 2003 - Frosty No.1406
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Aluminum extrusions have typically been the most popular option, but within the last year and a half skiving has come to market and been adopted widely.
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OCZ Gladiator II Copper Skive Heatsink Review
Jun 01, 2003 - Frosty No.1398
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
In any case, the Gladiator II is made by the latter and sold
by the former for a pretty inexpensive price all things
considered.
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Thermalright SLK-900U Copper Heatsink Review
May 28, 2003 - Frosty No.1396
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Given these two different sizes of fans, rotational
speeds, and CFM output it will be interesting to see just how the
Thermalright SLK900U reacts thermally!
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Cooljag JVC258A V-Type Copper Base Heatsink Review
May 02, 2003 - Frosty No.1385
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Not only does the upwards expansion out
allow the heatsink to come equipped with a larger fan, but it also helps induce efficient exhaust judging by the looks of it.
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Evercool ND19715CA Copper-Core Heatsink Review
Apr 29, 2003 - Frosty No.1384
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
While the ND19715CA isn't a true silent heatsink since it
measures in at over 40dB, it does manage to operate will low-to-moderate noise levels.
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Eumax B605-01 Copper Heatsink Review
Apr 29, 2003 - Frosty No.1382
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The Eumax B605-01 is a full copper heatsink which has received a nice
nickel plating for that shiny, "I'm gonna get you sucka!" look.
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Cooler Master XDream HSCV83 Copper Heatsink Review
Apr 29, 2003 - Frosty No.1383
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Most of us would really prefer to have the 24x7 computer generate about as much noise as a calculator, ie. nothing. Meet the Cooler Master XDream
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Vantec GSW-6015 Heatsink Review
Apr 26, 2003 - Frosty No.1380
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
By means of the edge tabs, this heatsink can
also be used on socket 478 processors, assuming you have one of the wire-clip HSRMs on hand.
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Frostytech: Melamine Foam Sound Proofing for the Computer Case
Apr 24, 2003 - Frosty No.982
Category: Cases
After hunting around for a manufacturer which offered some kind of sound proofing product for computers the only one I could find was...
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Dynatron DC1206BMY Copper Pentium4 Heatsink Review
Apr 20, 2003 - Frosty No.1375
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The significance of skiving is that there is no interface to be concerned with between the fins and base like solder.
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Dynatron DC1U-B02 1U Copper Heatsink Review
Apr 20, 2003 - Frosty No.1376
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
As there is generally no more than about 30mm of height for the entire cooling package, fans will obviously take up precious real estate. For Socket 478 Intel processors.
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Dynatron DC1U-B01 1U Copper Heatsink Review
Apr 17, 2003 - Frosty No.1377
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Has Dynatron figured out the
secret to making the worlds best 1U socket A heatsink, or are we looking
at something which just makes the grade?
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Vantec CCK-7015 1U Copper P4/Xeon Heatsink Review
Apr 17, 2003 - Frosty No.1372
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The flexibility of this
heatsink comes from the fact that with the right mounting plate it can
be used on either a 1U Intel Pentium 4 or Xeon socket 603/4 processor.
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Dynatron DC1207BMX Copper Pentium4 Heatsink Review
Apr 17, 2003 - Frosty No.1371
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The significance of this set up is that there is
no thermal interface to be concerned with between the fins and baseplate.
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Spire FridgeRock 5U213C1H3G Heatsink Review
Apr 17, 2003 - Frosty No.1370
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
The FridgeRock's fan comes with a
thermistor attached by the outside leads which monitors case temperature, and adjusts RPM to suit.
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JMC 400124 Phoenix 60 Radial Fin P4 Heatsink
Apr 10, 2003 - Frosty No.1367
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Based on similar techniques which were used by Agilent Technologies for their Arcticooler heatsinks a while
back, the JMC 400124 Phoenix 60 even carries the same logo.
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Spire 9T236B1M3G Pentium4 Heatsink Review
Apr 03, 2003 - Frosty No.1363
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
Who remembers the time when big loud fans were being slapped onto undersized heatsinks and being sold to consumers hungry for some overclocking?
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JMC 400074 Skyjet 70 Radial Fin Heatsink Review
Mar 31, 2003 - Frosty No.1360
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
From our standpoint the visual similarities between
this radial heatsink and the obs of long ago are pretty superficial.
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Zalman CNPS7000-Cu P4 / Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Mar 31, 2003 - Frosty No.1359
Category: Cooling / Heatsinks
When used, the Fanmate 1 drops the speed of the integrated 92mm
fan impeller from 2400RPM to about 1350RPM making it barely audible.
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