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Thermalright SK6+ Copper Heatsink Review
Thermalright SK6+ Copper Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Thermalright heatsinks just look like they mean business. And matched with the right fan they often do...

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Thermalright    Cooling / Heatsinks   Dec 28, 2003   Max Page  

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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
Thermalright SLK800 21.7 34.8 37.5 45.2 51.6 none 1 loud med
Thermalright AX-7 21.7 34.8 37.1 46.1 52.1 none 1 loud med
Tocools Novasonic-AlCu 20.1 33.1 37.9 49.3 53.0 none 1 med easy
Tocools Novasonic 22.9 40.9 39.9 54.4 59.4 none 1 med stiff
Coolermaster (high) ASBV73U1 25.5 38.9 43.6 50.2 62.2 none 1 loud easy
Coolink U1P2 26.1 39.4 44.9 50.9 62.2 none 2 loud easy
Arkua 628 23.9 42.7 42.1 58.9 62.3 none 1 med med
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 26.5 39.1 44.4 57.5 63.6 grey 1 med med
Sibak AC02625B 23.2 41.3 59.0 43.2 64.7 none 1 loud med
Thermalright SLK-900A 20.6 37.4 44.0 55.1 65.5 none 1 low easy
Sibak AC06725TH 22.5 42.9 46.2 61.7 67.7 none 1 Very loud med
Coolermaster HHC-001 21.7 40.0 44.8 56.3 68.1 none 1 loud easy
AVC Tundra2 22.0 41.4 47.5 59.0 71.1 none 1 loud stiff
Thermalright SK-7 19.9 39.2 42.7 57.8 72.0 none 1 low easy
Aopen ACK7L 21.4 43.4 47.2 62.6 73.2 grey 1 low easy
Scythe Kamakaze 20.7 39.6 47.9 54.8 74.3 none 1 med hard
Coolermaster HSC-V62 21.4 47.4 52.8 61.7 74.5 none 1 quiet easy
Arkua 728M-7N01 20.8 40.5 47.8 60.5 75.8 metal 1 med easy
Spire 5F263 22.6 44.7 51.8 64.3 76.2 white 1 low med
Taisol CGK760092 23.4 42.7 51.3 61.2 77.5 pink 1 low med
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 24.8 46.4 53.8 65.6 78.2 none 1 very low easy
Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC 21.9 43.7 49.9 63.5 78.8 none 1 loud easy
AVC 112AM1 24.8 46.6 52.9 70.1 79.6 none 1 low stiff
Thermalright SK6+ 21.1 38.2 51.7 54.4 79.9 none 1 med easy
Taisol CEK787172 21.5 38.4 53.5 57.3 82.0 PCM45 1 med easy
nPowerTek TTIC NPH-2 20.6 35.2 50.3 60.6 82.5 none 1 med easy
Titan D9TBCu35R1 21.5 44.5 53.2 68.7 83.0 none 1 med easy
Spire 5U213C1H3G 19.8 45.8 54.4 67.1 83.3 pink 1 low easy
Spire SPA04B4 21.5 45.9 55.1 70.1 86.6 none 1 low easy
ArcticCooling CuSilent2 20.1 42.7 57.4 68.1 86.7 none 1 low med
Verax P14Cu 25.5 51.3 57.4 75.2 88.7 white 1 silent easy
Akasa AK821 22.7 49.4 57.2 74.1 93.2 grey 1 med med
Verax P11T 26.1 61.2 69.7 90.9 102.7 none 1 none easy
50W 50W 100W 100W

The other Thermalright heatsinks we tested recently were able to rank in a little higher in this list of reference heatsinks. The Thermalright SK6+ is showing its age, and coupled with a stock 60mm fan doesn't look like it has the necessary mix of thermal dynamics to do very well...

[Socket A] 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
Thermalright SLK800 13.1 15.8 23.5 29.9
Thermalright AX-7 13.1 15.4 24.4 30.4
Tocools Novasonic-AlCu 13.0 17.8 29.2 32.9
Coolink U1P2 13.3 19.8 26.8 36.1
Tocools Novasonic 18.0 17.0 31.5 36.5
Coolermaster (high) ASBV73U1 13.4 18.1 24.7 36.7
Thermal Integration TI-V77L 12.6 17.9 31.0 37.1
Arkua 628 18.8 18.2 35.0 38.4
Sibak AC02625B 18.1 35.8 20.0 41.5
Thermalright SLK-900A 16.8 23.4 34.5 44.9
Sibak AC06725TH 20.4 23.7 39.2 45.2
Coolermaster HHC-001 18.3 23.1 34.3 46.4
AVC Tundra2 19.4 26.5 37.0 49.1
Aopen ACK7L 22.0 26.0 41.2 51.8
Thermalright SK-7 19.3 22.8 37.9 52.1
Coolermaster HSC-V62 26.0 31.4 40.3 53.1
Zalman CNPS6000-Cu 21.6 29.0 40.8 53.4
Scythe Kamakaze 18.9 27.2 34.1 53.6
Spire 5F263 22.1 29.2 41.7 53.6
Taisol CGK760092 19.3 37.8 27.9 54.1
AVC 112AM1 21.8 28.1 45.3 54.8
Arkua 728M-7N01 19.7 27.0 39.7 55.0
Titan TTC-CU9TB/SC 22.4 28.6 42.2 57.5
Thermalright SK6+ 17.0 30.7 33.2 58.7
Taisol CEK787172 16.9 32.0 35.8 60.5
Titan D9TBCu35R1 23.0 31.7 47.2 61.5
nPowertek TTIC NPH-2 14.6 30.0 40.0 61.9
Verax P14Cu 25.8 31.9 49.7 63.2
Spire 5U213C1H3G 26.0 34.6 47.3 63.5
Spire SPA04B4 24.4 33.6 48.6 65.1
ArcticCooling CuSilent2 22.6 37.0 48.0 66.6
Akasa AK821 26.7 34.5 51.4 70.5
Verax P11T 35.1 43.6 64.8 76.6
50W 50W 100W 100W

It would seem as the glory days of the Thermalright SK6+ are long gone. While the heatsink managed to dish out some decent thermals on the 100W small interface die test, it's really no match for performance cooling anymore.

What does this tell us then of pairing a stock 60mm fan with the SK6+? Well, while the Thermalright SK-7 managed to perform pretty well with a stock 80mm fan, the SK6+ just doesn't have the size to dissipate the heat fast enough.

The design of the SK6+ was good for its day, but now is really just relegated to the cooling that old Athlon in your file server. I'd hoped that the SK6+ would have been able to reinvent itself as a low noise heatsink with the right fan, but that's about all it has been able to manage... and at 50dBA there are far quieter options in the reference list to choose from.

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7. Arkua 728M-7N01 Copper Core Heatsink Review

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Thermalright SK6+ Copper Heatsink Review
 2:  Close examination of the heatsink
 3:  Heatsink Thermal/Acoustic Test Parameters
 4:  Surface Roughness / Acoustic Comparisons
 5: — Synthetic Temperature Test Results

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