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GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: As with other Glacialtech heatsinks, the Igloo 4300 uses fairly thin fins of varying height to dissipate the heat.

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GlacialTech   Cooling / Heatsinks   Nov 27, 2002   Max Page  

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Igloo 4300 From All Angles

The Fan:

The eleven bladed impeller on this 15mm thick fan only creates about 42CFM of air flow according to the manufacturers specs, but given the small size of this heatsink that should be sufficient. The fan connects to the motherboard via a 3-pin fan header which supports RPM monitoring.

Top: With the fan removed for a moment you can really see how simple this heatsink really is. The heatsink portion is solid all the way across - there are no cross cuts, no places to screw in the fan shroud - nothing. The fan shroud is actually what keeps the heatsink in place, and without it there wouldn't be anything else to keep it from falling off.

Side A: There are no cross cuts in the body of the 83mm long heatsink body and the fins are not scalloped or patterned. The entire heatsink has been nickel plated which has given the aluminum a nice looking finish, but it is hard to say what effect this will have on its heat spreading properties. Note the nice clip mechanism Glacialtech use.
Side B:
This very simple heatsink extrusion uses 29 tapered fins of 1mm to 0.5mm in thickness. The fins are all spaced roughly 1.5mm apart and are no more than 28mm in height. The baseplate is the standard 6mm thick which most aluminum heatsinks adhere to. The shroud keeps the fan 4mm above most of the fin tips.

Heatsink Base:

I really like these heatsinks which come with pre applied thermal paste. In this case, the Igloo 4300 features 'silver' based thermal material. The entire base has been milled flat prior to plating and this means the surface is fairly well finished, and perfectly flat.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  GlacialTech Igloo 4300 Heatsink Review
 2: — Close up look at the heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Test Parameters
 4:  Acoustic Test Results
 5:  Synthetic Thermal Test Results

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