Coolermaster Susurro Athlon 64 Heatsink Review

Cooling/CPU Cooling by jmke @ 2006-01-24

Today we take a closer look at a new Coolermaster heatsink which is aimed at the family/office PC market. A compact design with a custom 92mm auto sensing fan, copper design and easy installation, let?s find out if it can pass our stress tests.

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Intro & Specs

Coolermaster Susurro:
Supplied by: Coolermaster

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With the Susurro Coolermaster is releasing an AMD only heatsink which fits all recent AMD platforms, and even boasts socket M2 compatibility, AMD upcoming socket. While the size of the heatsink and don’t encourage overclocking, the larger 92mm fan with auto-speed settings should promise some low noise operation when used with a CPU running at default speeds.

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The picture above comes straight from Coolermaster’s product page and explains the path air will take.

The unit can be found priced as low as ~€24.


Specifications :

Compatibility:
  • AMD: Athlon64/64+ Socket754/940/939/M2

    Fan included: 92x92x25mm
    Fan Speed: 800-2800rpm

    Heatsink Dimensions: 112x97x62mm
    Weight Heatsink & Fan: 760gram

    In the Box :

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    The Nokia cell phone is not included in the package of course, but put there for a size reference


  • A short installation manual
  • A small bag of thermal goop


    Construction :

    The Susurro is a full copper heatsink, a large series of small fins are joined in a copper block at the base. A custom 92mm fan sits on top, it uses standard 80mm mounting holes.

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    The base finishing is ok, the machine lapping tracks are clearly visible

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    A view from the top with the fan removed=

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    The Smart Fan:

    Coolermaster decided to include a custom fan with the Susurro, this fan is speed regulated by a small thermal sensor which you see dangling in the top left corner in the photo below:

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    Placed on top of a regular 92mm fan you can see that the blades are indeed equal in size

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    The fan is attached the heatsink with 4 screws like the one pictured below, the metal ring you see is there to prevent the screws from coming loose due to fan vibration

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    The thermal sensor is squeezed between two fins:

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    Let’s check out how to get the Susurro installed ->
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