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Gigabyte G-Power Pro GH-PDU21-MF Heatsink Review
Gigabyte G-Power Pro GH-PDU21-MF Heatsink Review
Overall Rating:   97%
Abstract: The Gigabyte G-Power Pro heatsink is a radical design that works very well at medium to high fan speeds. The heatsink is designed to work on AMD Athlon64 socket 754/939/940, Intel Pentium 4 socket 775/478, and AMD K7 socket 462/A/370 processors.

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FrostyTech.com Mk.II Synthetic Thermal Heatsink Test Results
Results based on readings from a 38x38mm copper interface die with 125W heat load on the Mk.II Test Platform. Thermal Test values for each heatsink were calculated by determining the rise over ambient temperature at time of test. Information on Frostytech's test methodology is available here.
Socket 939/940/754 compatible CPU heatsinks
Manufacturer: Model No.: *Fan Speed: 125W Thermal Test (°C) Noise Level (dBA)

Gigabyte G-Power Pro high 18.6 71.9
Coolermaster Hyper6 high 20.5 54.7
Thermaltake Venus 12 high 21.7 68.1
ASUS Starice high 22.8 67.4
Coolermaster Aquagate Mini high 23.2 59.2
Thermaltake Polo 735 high 23.4 68.0
Gigabyte G-Power Pro low 23.5 50.9
Cooljag SFO-H high 23.6 60.6
Alpha PAL-8150 23.7 58.9
Zalman CNPS9500LED (clip parallel) high 23.8 50.3
AVC Z7U3301001 (stock 939) high 24.6 59.9
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Ultra high 24.8 63.0
Scythe Shogun high 26.0 45.9
EKL V8 high 26.3 57.5
Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro high 26.9 56.7
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro high 27.0 62.5
Gigabyte 3D-Rocket 28.9 50.7
Vantec Mach1 high 29.2 56.9
CoolJag SFO-D(18SC) 29.6 64.0
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu high 30.3 45.2
Dynatron SK-V24 30.3 56.4
Zalman CNPS7000-Cu high 31.0 45.2
Coolermaster Hyper48 31.7 43.6
Scythe Kama SCKK1000 31.9 47.5
Scythe Samurai SCSM1000 high 32.1 51.6
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU high 32.3 44.9
Thermaltake Silentboost K8 32.3 49.7
Jetart JAX801 33.2 53.5
Dynatron A22 34.5 44.5
nPowertek NPH K8-1 34.6 52.2
Ajigo MF043-044 (stock 754) 35.0 45.4
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Ultra low 35.2 42.8
Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro low 36.6 43.8
Verax Quattro 1 36.9 30.9
Gigabyte NeonCooler 8-BL 37.7 42.0
Titan TTC-K8ATB/825/SC 38.7 63.1
Evercool K802-715 42.1 51.5
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro low 42.4 38.8
Evercool Magic Cooler 46.6 55.5
ASUS Starice low 92.4+ 34.4
125W Thermal Test (°C) Noise Level (dBA)
*Heatsinks are ranked according to the 125W Thermal Test results column (rise over ambient temp.). Low temperatures with low noise levels are considered best. For reference heatsinks with variable-speed fans, only the high speed (12V) fan test result is included in the comparison sheet; more detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.

Bearing in mind the 71.9 dBA noise level from the Gigabyte G-Power Pro with its fan operating at full speed (3200RPM), the heatsink performs extremely well. The FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature test platform applies a 125W heat load that has pushed many a heatsink past acceptable levels. The Gigabyte G-Power Pro heatsink on the other hand has generated the lowest result to date in the K8 category; a rise above ambient temperature of just 18.6°C.

While the sight of a high performance heatsink that weighs only 430 grams is certainly something to be impressed with, it is unreasonable to expect users will accept noise levels that substantial. A more realistic operating mode for the Gigabyte G-Power Pro heatsink is with its fan speed dialed down to 1700RPM. In that circumstance the heatsink still performs remarkably well, and in our tests generated a rise above ambient temperature of 23.5°C. That thermal result is still very good, and a lot quieter than any of the adjacent heatsinks in that range. The nearest, next highest-performing heatsink with a similar noise signature being the Scythe Shogun.

We've also included the high and low fan speed (12V-5V) temperature results for all of Gigabyte's current heatsink models so you can see where those units stand in relation to the G-Power Pro. By way of comparison, also note the performance of ASUS' Star Ice heatsink (the only other motherboard Mfgr. producing a line of heatsinks). With a high fan speed it performs very well, but at lower and quieter fan setting the rise above ambient temperature result is over 92.4°C. And no, that's not a typo.

Ultimately, the Gigabyte G-Power Pro (GH-PDU21-MF) heatsink is an excellent cooler when used with its fan speed controller. A noise level of 50 dBA pushes it out of the lower noise heatsink category, but only just. At its full fan speed, it's just too loud even though thermal performance is among the best we have seen from any AMD Athlon64 heatsink. With a lower fan speed it offers a very compelling mix of excellent thermal performance and good noise levels.

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 Page 2:  360° View - Gigabyte G-Power Pro GH-PDU21-MF Heatsink
 Page 3:  Surface Roughness and Acoustic Comparisons
 Page 4:  — Final Heatsink Temperature Comparisons

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