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OCZ Dominator Microfin Heatsink Review
OCZ Dominator Microfin Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Microfin or Skived heatsinks are some of the newest and best performing heatsink technologies on the cooling marketplace.

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OCZ Technology   Cooling / Heatsinks   Oct 01, 2001   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: What do the numbers say?
While I'm all for high performance kit, I would go crazy with this fan inside my computer. It is loud, and while a pair of headphones can block the noise I don't always want to listen to music when I'm on my computer. Even 25mm thick Delta fans are tame by these standards... so choose your cooler wisely. It will offer amazing performance, but there is a serious price to pay in terms of noise.

If you still have doubts, click on the pair of headphone next to the waveform image of the sound and have a listen for yourself.

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber (~10 sec)
Spectral view.
Listen to this Heatsink now.
Standard Waveform view.
(Listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink by clicking on the headphones)

Synthetic Temperature Test Results: *Ranked according to 100W small interface die test results.

FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform Results
Mfg. Model Ambient Temp. 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block 27mm large copper block 15mm small copper block Thermal pad No. Fans Fan Noise Clip force
50W 50W 100W 100W
1 Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med
2 Vantec CCK-6027D 27.4 45.4 49.6 64.9 73.4 none 1 med med
3 OCZ Dominator 26.5 37.7 50.9 52.4 74.2 none 1 loud med
4 Akasa Silver Mountain 26.6 46.2 51.5 65.0 76.1 none 1 loud med
5 Vantec CCK-6035D-Retail 26.5 44.2 52.8 63.2 77.9 none 1 loud med
6 Thermaltake Volcano 6cu+ 26.5 40.3 55.3 58.6 84.4 carbon 1 loud med
7 Spire 5T060B1H3R 26.7 42.7 57.5 64.6 85.1 none 1 low med
8 Fortis A92 26.7 45.6 65.8 67.8 97.8 none 1 loud stiff
50W 50W 100W 100W

One thing is for sure, strapping on a powerful fan can never hurt. The aluminum microfins and the hefty Delta fan prove to be a good combination ranking 3rd, our of the eight reference coolers on the small interface die. Of special importance is the performance of the Dominator on the larger interface die - it ranks in first place there. While the Dominator is not being directly marketed towards the Socket 423 user it could be applied as a cooling solution.

At the very least, it would be a good cooler to consider for any performance system, provided you could live with the higher than normal sound levels.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  OCZ Dominator Microfin Heatsink Review
 2:  Looking at the heatsink from all angles
 3:  Test Apparatus - Acoustic, Thermal
 4: — What do the numbers say?
 5:  Conclusions on the Dominator

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