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Installation
Since this particular heatsink includes brackets
that support both 80mm and 92mm fans, we will be testing it using both.
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This particular heatsink looks quite stunning
with an aluminum fan installed. We installed an 80mm aluminum LED fan to
enhance its already spectacular design.
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Now, installation was not quite as easy as I'd
thought it would be. The two clips need a lot of downward pressure in
order to clip them on to the P4 retention bracket. In fact, I got cut up
pretty bad (you'll see some blood on the pic to your left) just trying to
install this heatsink properly. The issue is that if you'll be
installing it yourself, you'll find that once you have one side down, the
other can be rather difficult. It is better if you have a second set of
hands to help you clip it into place. You also have to be quite careful
with the pins as you are likely to bend some trying to mount it on properly.
Finally, we show you a pic of the aluminum LED fan in action. As you can
see, it really does make it look that much more appealing.
Performance
We will be using the following two fans for the performance tests:
| 80mm Low Noise Aluminum LED Fan |
Noise: 26.5dBA, Airflow: 26.87CFM, Speed:
2200RPM |
| 92mm NMB Smart Fan |
Noise: 34dBA, Airflow: 41CFM, Speed:
2600RPM |
Temps will be measured both at Idle and under
load. To load the system, we used ten cycles of
Sisoftware Sandra 2004's
CPU Arithmetic and CPU Multi-Media Benchmarks under "High" setting.
Instead of using the included Arctic Alumina compound, we will be slapping on
some high quality Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound.
Intel P4 2.8C @ Stock Speed
You can see some very impressive results, even
with the low noise aluminum 80mm fan.
Intel P4 2.8C @ 3.4GHz
Again, the results were quite impressive when
overclocking. The CPU temp never even came close to reaching 50ºC, even
under load. This heatsink offers superior cooling over the stock Intel
heatsink, which would cause the CPU temp to easily go over 50º under load.
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