FrostyTech's Top Tested Thermal Solutions At A Glance Quickly find your way to the current Top 5 heatsinks according to FrostyTech. The first pair of lists is for Intel Heatsinks, broken down by lowest temperature and quietest operation. The second set of lists are for AMD Heatsinks. Lifespan indicates if the heatsink is new, old or end of life. HOW IT WORKS: The #1 Rank is considered the current Top heatsink for that parameter, #10 is considered the 10th BEST for that parameter. Only heatsinks that Frostytech has tested are included in these Top 5 lists; as such FrostyTech guarantees this list is incomplete, that some heatsink models available on the marketplace are omitted, and that it is not a permanent indication of what "the best heatsink ever" actually is. Please click on any heatsink listed below for a detailed review and the official thermal and acoustic test results. Manufacturers and vendors are NOT permitted to replicate this list, nor make any claims of performance from it.

Intel Core 2 Quad / Pentium D / Extreme Edition class heatsinks and Intel Core 2 Duo / Pentium 4 / Celeron class heatsinks on the socket 775 (socket T) platform only. This index does not apply to socket 478 heatsinks. [ TOP ]
TOP 5 Heatsinks by Temperature Socket 775 CPUs Rank Heatsink Brand and Model: Lifespan: 1 Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer 2 Xigmatek HDT-S1283 3 Thermalright Ultra 120 4 Coolermaster Hyper Z600 5 3Rsystem Iceage 120 6 Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme 7 Xigmatek HDT-SD964 8 SilenX iXtreme IXC-120HA2 9 Zalman CNPS9700 LED 10 Apack Zerotherm BTF-92 OC Edition *Heatsinks are ranked according to the lowest rise in ambient temperature on Frostytech thermal test platform, with fan at maximum speed. More detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.	TOP 5 Heatsinks by Low Noise* ( *at maximum fan speed) Socket 775 CPUs Rank Heatsink Brand and Model: Lifespan: 1 Scythe Orochi SCORC-1000 2 Scythe Zipang 3 Glacialtech Igloo 5750 Silent 4 Intel Stock Core 2 Duo 5 Scythe Mine Rev. B 6 Scythe Infinity 7 Scythe Katana II 8 Scythe Shuirken SCSK-1000 9 Scythe Andy Samurai Master 10 Scythe Kama Cross *Heatsinks are ranked according to the lowest decibel reading measured, while the fan is at its maximum speed. More detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.

AMD Athlon 64 / FX / X2  & Phenom class heatsinks and Sempron class heatsinks on the socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+ platform only. This index does not apply to socket A/462 heatsinks. [ TOP ]
TOP 5 Heatsinks by Temperature Socket 754/939/940 AM2 CPUs Rank Heatsink Brand and Model: Lifespan: 1 Thermalright Ultra 120 2 Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer 3 SilenX iXtreme IXC-120HA2 4 Xigmatek HDT-S1283 5 Coolermaster Hyper Z600 6 Coolink Silentator 7 Scythe Mugen 8 Thermalright  Ultra 120 Extreme 9 Xigmatek HDT-S983 10 3Rsystem Iceage 120 *Heatsinks are ranked according to the lowest thermal test result, with fan at maximum speed. More detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.	TOP 5 Heatsinks by Low Noise* ( *at maximum fan speed) Socket 754/939/940 AM2 CPUs Rank Heatsink Brand and Model: Lifespan: 1 Scythe Orochi SCORC-1000 2 Scythe Zipang 3 Glacialtech Igloo 5750 Silent 4 Verax Helado 5 Glacialtech Igloo 7311 Silent 6 Scythe Mine Rev. B 7 Glacialtech Igloo 7222 Light 8 Scythe Infinity 9 Scythe Katana II 10 Scythe Shuriken SCSK-1000 *Heatsinks are ranked according to the lowest decibel reading measured, while the fan is at its maximum speed. More detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.