- Back to homepage
- Related articles
  Related articles

Intel P4 Aircooling - Heatsink Roundup Q1 2005

Cooling/CPU Cooling by jmke @ 2005-03-01

In part two of our roundup we compare 11 different P4 heatsinks made by Thermalright, Spire, Primecooler, Zalman, Evercool, Vantec and Titan. Using different fans at low and high speed we try to find the best bang for the buck, best performer and most silent HSF combo out there.

Results: Pure Performance

Results: Pure Performance :

The first results graph has all the results (HSF config where the PC crashed excluded) sorted by cooling performance:

Madshrimps (c)

The Thermalright heatsinks all score very good when combined with high output fans, Zalman's CNPS7700-CU is the first none-Thermalright unit to show up in the ranking, trailing the XP-120 (equipped with the rather silent Papst 120mm fan) by only 3 degrees.

The Spire Coolgate makes a good showing for such a compact heatsink beating the larger PrimeCooler units.

When the fan speed is cut in half temperatures rise quite a bit for some units, the larger heatsinks take the lead here, the XP-90/120 and Zalman CNPS7700-Cu offer excellent performance.

All information and graphics contained in Madshrimps are sole property of the Madshrimps crew and may not be reproduced or copied in any manner without written permission from us.