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Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
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Abstract: One of the design elements incorporated into the Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) heatsink are four 17x18mm exhaust ports milled from the copper base plate.

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CoolJag   Cooling / Heatsinks   Nov 13, 2005   Max Page  

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FrostyTech.com Mk.II Synthetic Thermal Heatsink Test Results
Results based on readings from a 38x38mm copper interface die with 125W heat load on the Mk.II Test Platform. Thermal Test values for each heatsink were calculated by determining the rise over ambient temperature at time of test. Information on Frostytech's test methodology is available here.
Socket 939/940/754 compatible CPU heatsinks
manufacturer: model no.: *fan speed: 125w thermal test (°c) noise level (dba)

Gigabyte G-Power Pro high 18.6 71.9
Coolermaster Hyper6 high 20.5 54.7
Thermaltake Venus 12 high 21.7 68.1
ASUS Starice high 22.8 67.4
Coolermaster Aquagate Mini high 23.2 59.2
Thermaltake Polo 735 high 23.4 68.0
Cooljag SFO-H high 23.6 60.6
Alpha PAL-8150 23.7 58.9
Zalman CNPS9500LED (clip parallel) high 23.8 50.3
AVC Z7U3301001 (stock 939) high 24.6 59.9
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Ultra high 24.8 63.0
Scythe Shogun high 26.0 45.9
EKL V8 high 26.3 57.5
Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro high 26.9 56.7
Gigabyte 3D Cooler-Pro high 27.0 62.5
Gigabyte 3D-Rocket 28.9 50.7
Vantec Mach1 high 29.2 56.9
CoolJag SFO-D(18SC) 29.6 64.0
Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu high 30.3 45.2
Dynatron SK-V24 30.3 56.4
Zalman CNPS7000-Cu high 31.0 45.2
Coolermaster Hyper48 31.7 43.6
Scythe Kama SCKK1000 31.9 47.5
Scythe Samurai SCSM1000 high 32.1 51.6
Zalman CNPS7000B-CU high 32.3 44.9
Thermaltake Silentboost K8 32.3 49.7
Jetart JAX801 33.2 53.5
Dynatron A22 34.5 44.5
nPowertek NPH K8-1 34.6 52.2
Ajigo MF043-044 (stock 754) 35.0 45.4
Verax Quattro 1 36.9 30.9
Gigabyte NeonCooler 8-BL 37.7 42.0
Titan TTC-K8ATB/825/SC 38.7 63.1
Cooljag SFO-H low 39.8 43.0
Evercool K802-715 42.1 51.5
Evercool Magic Cooler 46.6 55.5
125w thermal test (°c) noise level (dba)
*heatsinks are ranked according to the 125w thermal test results column (rise over ambient temp.). low temperatures with low noise levels are considered best. for reference heatsinks with variable-speed fans, only the high speed (12v) fan test result is included in the comparison sheet; more detailed results reside in each specific heatsink review.

Testing heatsinks which have fan speed dictated by a sub-motor mounted thermistor can be problematic. If ambient temperatures do not rise above the threshold for the sensor, the fan's speed does not increase. In much the same way, if a computer is crunching data and the processor is running hot but ambient case air temperatures are low, the heatsink's fan will not alter its speed. This can lead to overheating for the sake of lower fan noise because the thermistor is not reacting to the temperature which really matters most. Conversely, users with computer cases have high ambient temperatures (the result of poor airflow) may suffer from excessive noise because the heatsink's fan is running at full speed when it's really not necessary.

In any case, as a high powered AMD Athlon64 heatsink the Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) performs very well. On the synthetic test platform it achieves an excellent rise above ambient temperature result of 23.6°C with the fan spinning at full speed (60 dBA).

However, with the fan at its lowest RPM, the Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) is clearly not the best low noise heatsink on the market. The cooler maintains a rather high rise above ambient temperature of 39.8°C, indicating that the fin design works best with a sustained flow of air moving through its skived copper fins. Where noise is not an issue this heatsink performs great, so long as ambient case temperatures are high enough. The real world effectiveness of the Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) is thus quite unpredictable, and that is something any potential end user should be mindful of.

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 1:  Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) Skived Athlon64 Heatsink Review
 2:  360° View - Cooljag SFO-H (68YC) Heatsink
 3:  Surface Roughness and Acoustic Comparisons
 4: — Final Heatsink Temperature Comparisons

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