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Spire 5E34B3 Cu-Baseplate Heatsink Review
Spire 5E34B3 Cu-Baseplate Heatsink Review
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Abstract: The Spire 5E34B3 is one of the few heatsinks we have seen to have a copper plate mounted on the base of it.

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Spire   Cooling / Heatsinks   Jun 18, 2001   Max Page  

Home > Reviews > Page: Frosty Test Equipment - Thermal / Acoustic

Frosty Acoustic Sampling Chamber:

The FrostyTech Acoustic Sampling Chamber is the newest addition to our box of heatsink testing tools. Since heatsinks and cooling fans have always gone hand in hand, we thought it was about time you were able to listen to the heatsinks in action!

To record the noise generated by a particular fan and heatsink combination, we use a special aluminum box lined with 2" of foam that is sealed from the outside environment during the recording process. The thick layer of foam helps to ensure that the sound we are recording is that which is generated by the particular cooler inside the enclosure. A standard computer powersupply is located outside the chamber to power the heatsinks' fan.

The monophonic microphone is positioned about 6" from the center of the test chamber out of the direct air flow path generated by the fan. A solid state digital recorder is used record the sound picked up by the non-directional mic inside the case. The digital recorder has a frequency range of approximately 500Hz to 3500Hz.

The purpose of the enclosure is to record an accurate representation of the noise generated by a heatsink and fan combo - separate from any other external computer noises like hard drives or powersupplies.


FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform:

The FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform consists of an aluminum block heated by a 120V 250 Ohm precision resistor producing 50W of heat. That heat is transmitted to the heatsink via the aluminum block and up through special copper die templates with thermistors embedded directly in them.

A temperature reading for a particular heatsink is taken once the temperature stabilizes in the copper die template. Since each of the die templates have the approximate surface area of either a silicon topped or heatspreader-topped processor the flow of heat to the base of the heatsink accurately mimics a real life configuration.

Shown with the copper die template for a silicon-topped processor, the synthetic heatsink test apparatus awaits a coating of silver-based thermal compound and the Spire 5E34B3 heatsink. A slightly larger copper die template was used to test the effective cooling ability of the 5E34B3 atop a heatspreader-based processor like an overclocked PGA Celeron processor.

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Table of Contents:

 1:  Spire 5E34B3 Cu-Baseplate Heatsink Review
 2:  Spire 5E34B3 Perspective Pics
 3: — Frosty Test Equipment - Thermal / Acoustic
 4:  Synthetic Temperature / Acoustic Results:

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