40+ heatsinks compared

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JMke

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Completed my HSF comparo test on both AMD and Intel platforms; massive list of coolers, plenty of data to chew through:)
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=1&artpage=2179&articID=519

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if you think it's worthy of sharing please consider a digg;)
http://digg.com/hardware/AMD_and_Intel_Heatsink_Roundup_2006

Tested on AMD:


# AMD Stock Cooling
# AMD 4 Heat pipe Stock cooling

# Aerocool Dominator
# Arctic Cooling Alpine 64
# Arctic Cooling Freezer 64
# Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
# Asus Silent Square
# Asus X-Mars
# Coolermaster Susurro
# MACS Triumph TEC
# Noctua NH-U 12
# Noctua NH-U 9
# Sharkoon Red Shock
# Silverstone NT02
# Silverstone NT06
# Scythe Infinity
# Scythe Katana CU
# Scythe Mine
# Scythe NCU-2000
# Scythe Ninja
# Scythe Samurai Z
# Scythe Shogun
# Spire DiamondCool II
# Spire VertiCool II
# Thermalright XP-90C
# Thermalright XP-90
# Thermalright XP-120
# Thermalright HR-01
# Thermalright SI-120
# Thermalright Ultra-90
# Thermalright Ultra-120
# Thermaltake Big Typhoon
# Thermaltake Mini Typhoon
# Titan Tower TTC-NK32TZ
# TTIC NPH
# Tuniq Tower 120
# Zalman CNPS9500CU

Tested on Intel:

# Intel Aluminum Heatsink
# Coolermaster Eclipse
# Coolermaster Mars
# Coolermaster Hyper TX
# Scythe Ninja
# Titan Amanda TEC
# TTIC BIG
# Zalman CNPS9700LED

as usual, I'm looking for constructive comments and criticisms on the testing methods, charts and what not, to improve on for the next test, thank you in advance for your thoughts:)
 
Nice review. However, I would be interested in seeing:
1. Intake and exhaust temperatures
2. Noise measured from 100cm (1m) away

Good work.
 
hey there BBq, the intake was ~20°C during testing, the exhaust different quite a bit depending on the fan speed on the HSF.

the noise measured at 1m would be equal to ambient for most coolers, at 34-37dBA the room is dead quiet, but not an anechoic room, so below 30dBA are not possible, much like the testing room from HardOCP, from their reviews their ambient is also around the 35dBA mark.
 
Do you have a little higher res picture of the above, it would make a nice background. :)
 
Sweet. You've got some money in 40+ heatsinks. I hope those were donated.
 
yes, luckily most were spend by companies and shops, some returned after testing
 
Vapochill Micro??

I would like to see that air cooler thrown in there. I have one and I swear by it...
 
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