Rise Above Ambient Temp. (c)
	Mfg.	Model	27mm large copper block	15mm small copper block		27mm large copper block	15mm small copper block
			50W	50W		100W	100W
1	Thermal Integration	TI-V77L	12.6	17.9		31.0	37.1
2	Swiftech	MCXC370	16.9	22.0		32.1	44.3
3	Vantec	CCK-6027D	18.0	22.2		37.5	46.0
5	OCZ	Gladiator	12.0	26.0		29.2	49.0
5	Akasa	Silver Mountain	19.6	24.9		38.4	49.5
7	Swiftech	MCX370	19.7	23.8		38.0	53.3
6	AVC	112AM1	21.8	28.1		45.3	54.8
8	Thermaltake	Volcano 6cu+	13.8	28.8		32.1	57.9
9	Spire	5T060B1H3R	16.0	30.8		37.9	58.4
10	Thermalright	CB-6L	25.7	33.1		49.2	68.1
11	Fortis	A92	18.9	39.1		41.1	71.1
			50W	50W		100W	100W

The AVC folks have gone against a few conventions by releasing the 112AM1 the way they did. First of all the base plate is way too thin compared to the vast majority of heatsinks on the market. With such a thin base it is difficult for the heatsink to manage any type of core other than that of a FC-PGA or Athlon/Duron.

The temperature results peg the 112AM1 as a mid-level heatsink, above OEM class by a slim margin.

In the end, we are not so much worried about the ability of the 112AM1 to cool an AthlonXP chip, but rather the substantial amount of force required to clip it on. We have long since ceased testing heatsinks on processors as there are just too many variables that make it too inaccurate, but in this case we did use the 112AM1 on a test system.

To get the heatsink installed I had to use a pair of pliers to engage and remove the clip as it was so tight. Note to AVC, make the clip on the 112AM1 a lot less stiff. Otherwise the copper Skive 112AM1 is a pretty good mid-level cooler for Socket A processors that works very quietly.