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Gigabyte Volar GH-PSV21-FB Heatsink Review
Gigabyte Volar GH-PSV21-FB Heatsink Review
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Abstract: Gigabyte's Volar heatsink has a 120mm smokey grey fan has rather large impeller blades that look as if they'll propel air into the cooling fins of its donut shape heatsink with quiet force.

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Gigabyte   Cooling / Heatsinks   Jan 01, 2008   Max Page  

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360° View - Gigabyte Volar Heatsink


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The 120mm fan on the Gigabyte Volar heatsink has big impeller blades that are translucent, though it is not internally illuminated. With the fan removed you can see the aluminum body of the heatsink, and the three copper heatpipes which are embedded into it with thermal adhesive. The opening at the center is 30mm round, the entire cooler 117mm across. A grill protects the heatsink from sucking up errant wires. Power is supplied by a 3-pin motherboard fan header, and a resistor may be used to adjust speed from 2000RPM to 1500RPM.

Below the fins of the Gigabyte Volar heatsink is 33mm of space for adjacent motherboard components. Three 6mm diameter copper heatpipes are soldered to the 5mm thick copper base. These pass through the extruded aluminum heatsink and are bonded with thermal adhesive. At the base the heatpipes are packed edge-to-edge to ensure good thermal transmission. Each aluminum fin is 1.14mm to 0.75mm thick on average, and spaced roughly 2.5mm apart. A thin ventilated aluminum shroud wraps the aluminum extrusion, which is made of two stacked pieces and is 35mm thick. The upper body is set at a 45° angle.

The length of each aluminum fin is 34mm from the central 50mm round 9.5mm thick donut of solid aluminum. The 5mm thick copper base measures 39.5x39.5mm in size. There are six screw holes around the outside of the base to attach the Intel and AMD mounting brackets.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Gigabyte Volar GH-PSV21-FB Heatsink Review
 2:  Breaking Down the Volar - Design Flaws?
 3: — 360° View - Gigabyte Volar Heatsink
 4:  Acoustic Sample and Heatsink Sound Levels
 5:  AMD K8 Heatsink Temperature Comparisons
 6:  Intel LGA775 Heatsink Temperature Comparisons

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