Cooling Capacity
A look at the inside of the cooler
The surface of the CPU block
The cooling capacity of the Asus cooler isn't bad: the Pentium 4 580 is kept at 66 °C. The major drawback here is the ear-splitting racket it creates. The user is treated to no less than 62.8 dB(A) of noise, a level that makes working in peace impossible. Even at lower speeds, the cooler is still a very loud 47.9 dB(A). And the measured thermal resistance of 0.39 K/W at the highest speed is no great shakes.
The price of $47 is too high for the low performance the cooler offers, especially given the difficult installation procedure.
Sponsored
Latest Cooling News
- 07/02 – Origin PC Offers New Liquid Cooling for OC'ing Up To 5.2GHz
- 13/01 – Cooler Master Shows Off Heatsink Computer
- 11/01 – Pure Carbon Could Solve All Your Heat Disspipation Worries
- 07/01 – Thermaltake Releases New Frio Extreme CPU Cooler
- 04/01 – Tom's Hardware Benchmark Charts and Database Updated
Latest Cooling reviews
- 07/02 – In Pictures: 14 LGA 2011 Coolers For Your Core i7-3000 CPU
- 05/12 – Antec Kühler Vs. Corsair Hydro: Sealed Liquid CPU...
- 16/11 – How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC,...
- 08/11 – How To: Properly Plan And Pick Parts For An Air-Cooled PC,...
- 28/12 – Thermalright's Shaman VGA Cooler: The Quiet Giant?
