Acoustic Samples: Listen to this Heatsink!

The Delta fan on this heatsink does have a bit of kick to it for its relatively small 60mm size, but noise shouldn't be much of an issue compared to other Socket A heatsinks we have tested. AMD heatsinks tend to be really loud, and the Ajigo SF017011 manages to come away on the moderate side of that scale. To hear this heatsink for yourself, click on the small pair of headphones just below and download the MP3 file of the heatsink in operation.

FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber
Standard Waveform view of a 10 second recording. Click on the headphones to listen to an MP3 recording of this heatsink in operation.

Sound Level Measurements:

Listening to the actual noise a heatsink makes allows you to hear what pure numbers alone cannot get across. To further emphasize FrostyTech's reliance on cold hard facts when evaluating a heatsink, we also take Decibel readings with a sound level meter. These results may be higher than the manufacturer's listed specs, but then again these are real world measurements.

FrostyTech Sound Level Results
-	Manufacturer	Model	Noise Level	Scale
	Coolermaster	HHC-L61	42.2 dB	quiet
	Coolermaster	HSC-V62	43.7 dB
	Spire	5F263	44.5 dB
	JMC Prducts	400023	46.6 dB
	Zalman	All Flower HSF	47.4/28.9 dB
	Taisol	CGK760092	48.4 dB
	GlacialTech	Igloo 2310	49.4 dB
	Cho-Liang	CB0307U-17	49.5 dB
	Arkua	628	50.7 dB
	Noisecontrol	Silverado	50.8 dB
	NengTyi	XPC5000	52.4 dB
	Spire	5T235	52.5 dB
	Thermal Integration	TI-V77L	53.0 dB
	Ajigo	SF017011	53.6 dB
	Tocools	Crown	54.5 dB
	Cybercooler	P5750	55.4 dB
	Sibak	AT01515B	55.8 dB
	Sibak	AE01625B	58.2 dB
	Sibak	AC02625B	59.7 dB
	Coolermaster	HHC-001	59.9 dB
	Sibak	AC06725TH	62.4 dB
	Dynatron	DY1206BH-625	63.3 dB
	Dynatron	DC1206BMP	65.1 dB	louder

53.6 dB is not too bad on the scale of Socket A heatsinks. Pretty much anything above 50 dB is potentially going to be loud (depending on the noise levels of the powersupply and other components), but the SF017011 lacks the high-pitched whine of more powerful Delta fans... thankfully ;-)