IntroWelcome to the world of overclocking and powerful CPU's. Here every degree matters. Higher overclocks, more power, ...
But, you have one extra problem, sound.... As CPU's consume more and more power, and generate more and more heat, you'll need better heatsinks, and faster, and thus louder fans,...
You can't really enjoy a game or movie when you have a Vantec tornado fan next to you, to keep your computer stable...
So, I wanted to make a mini Pentium 4 heatsink roundup. Thanks to our sponsors
Bacata and
Speeze, I'm able to compare 4 rather special heatsinks.
Scythe Kamakaze
Swiftech MCX478-V
Speeze EE429B0 CopperSnake™
Thermalright SLK947-U
Testsetup
Piotkes rig ! |
CPU | Intel Pentium 4 2.6 GHz 800 fsb HT @ 3.25 GHz |
Mainboard | Asus p4p800 deluxe |
The other components are not really important, so I didn't mention them.
The temperatures were monitored by using Asus Probe.
Let's take a closer look at our first contestant, the Kamakaze...