FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg.	Model	Ambient Temp.	27mm large copper block		27mm large copper block	Thermal pad	No. Fans	Fan Noise	Clip force
			50W		100W
AVC	117140	22.6	37.8		50.4	none	1	med	med
Coolermaster	IHC-H71	23.0	37.0		51.1	none	1	loud	stiff
Arkua	8568	22.4	37.8		51.7	none	1	med	med
NengTyi	XPC5000	23.8	38.4		53.9	none	1	med	loud
Alpha	PAL8942	27.9	42.6		54.0	none	1	med	med
Zalman	CNPS6500B-Cu	23.4	41.1		55.9	none	1	low	easy
Vantec	GSN-7025	22.5	41.7		58.5	none	1	med	med
Glacialtech	Igloo 3300	22.4	40.5		58.8	silver	1	low	easy
Chauh Choung	DTA-478	22.4	42.1		59.0	carbon	1	low	med
Taisol	CEP426151A	24.3	43.7		59.7	none	1	med	easy
Intel	Socket 478	22.4	41.8		59.8	carbon	1	low	med
Dynatron	DC1207BMW	23.2	42.7		61.1	none	1	med	easy
Titan	TTC-MT3AB	22.8	41.5		61.2	none	2	loud	stiff
Dynatron	DC1206BM-S	22.4	43.2		62.0	none	1	med	med
AVC	117160	22.4	42.7		61.1	white pad	1	med	med
Cho-Liang	CL-CB00881	23.6	41.2		65.0	none	1	med	easy
Cho-Liang	CL-CB0307Z17	24.2	45.6		65.7	none	1	med	easy
Cho-Liang	CL-CB0094-1A	23.2	39.5		67.9	none	1	med	easy
Globalwin	VA476	28.7	49.5		68.0	grey	1	med	easy
Dynatron	DC1206BMV	23.1	45.1		68.2	none	1	low	easy
ChoLiang	Cl-CB0309Z17	24.3	46.7		68.6	none	1	med	stiff
Vantec	GSN-7015	22.4	47.5		69.0	none	1	loud	stiff
			50W		100W

The fan design has a couple of good features that make it ideal for situations when the fan fails, or is accidentally left unplugged for example. The large surface area leaves it ideal for convection cooling and that also translates into a good design for active cooling.

The initial performance results here are pretty good for the all copper cooler and its case mounted fan, but let's see where the final results stand...

Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
Mfg.	Model	27mm large copper block		27mm large copper block
		50W		100W
Alpha	PAL8942	14.7		26.1
AVC	117140	15.2		27.8
Coolermaster	IHC-H71	14.0		28.1
Arkua	8568	15.4		29.3
NengTyi	XPC5000	14.6		30.1
Zalman	CNPS6500B-Cu	17.7		32.5
Taisol	CEP426151A	19.4		35.4
Vantec	GSN-7025	19.2		36.0
Glacialtech	Igloo 3300	18.1		36.4
chauh Choung	DTA-478	19.7		36.6
Intel	Socket 478	19.4		37.4
Dynatron	DC1207BMW	19.5		37.9
Titan	TTC-MT3AB	18.7		38.4
Globalwin	VA476	20.8		39.3
Dynatron	DC1206BM-S	20.8		39.6
AVC	117160	20.3		39.8
Cho-Liang	CL-CB00881	18.2		41.4
Cho-Liang	Cl-CB0307Z17	21.4		41.5
Cho-Liang	CL-CB0309Z17	22.4		44.3
Cho-Liang	CL-CB0094-1A	16.3		44.7
Dynatron	DC1206BMV	22.0		45.1
Vantec	GSN-7105	25.1		46.6
		50W		100W

The updated clips for the heatsink retention mechanism leave you with an installation that takes a fraction of time it used to take removing the motherboard and then reinstalling it.

Add to all this the Fanmate 1 which let the speed of the fan be further adjusted and we are starting to see truly low noise cooling for our mainstream processors. Overall this is a really cool looking heatsink, one that doesn't produce a heck of a lot of noise, and lastly, offers a bit better cooling than the stock Intel heatsink - what more could your really want?

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