Kyle van HardOCP trakteert ons vandaag op een review over de Thermoengine heatsink van Thermosonic. Deze heatsink is in het bezit van een niet allerdaags design qua koelvinnen. Zoals je kan zien op de onderstaande foto is de heatsink uitgerust met 48 geribbelde koelvinnen die gemonteerd zijn om het midden van de heatsink waar ook een soort van heatpipe te vinden is. Volgens HardOCP ligt de performance van deze heatsink met de standaard 16.3 CFM fan ongeveer op het niveau van de Super Orb. Met een 7K RPM fan veranderd het plaatje echter en is deze heatsink onoverwinnelijk voor de GlobalWin WBK38. Nu alleen hopen dat de prijs niet al te hoog wordt en hij goed verkrijgbaar wordt:
Where the Thermoengine shined like a diamond, was when we pulled out the big CFM 7K RPM fan. Now let me repeat this. If noise is a problem, DO NOT get one of these fans. They can be extremely loud and bothersome. When the Thermoengine was paired with our Global Win high performance fan, both the black and sliver finish Thermoengine HSFs pulled ahead of our latest pack leaders. You will see that the silver HSF lead our WBK38 by 4ºF and the black anodized unit lead by 6ºF. Both of these are very healthy leads, and we did verify our results. I am sure that our Thermoengine HSFs are, hands down, the best air cooled Socket A HSF units money can buy today (within reason), IF you go the extra mile and install your own high performance fan.
Now some folks are going to ask why did the black Thermoengine score better than the silver. There are a couple of theories here that we can throw out there. Many people will argue that anodizing a heatsink will allow it to better dissipate heat from the fins due to the surface area being greater after anodizing. Consider that and the heatpipe variables that may exist inside of it, and it is anyone's guess. We are just telling it like it is.
The only downside that I see that is obvious at the moment with the Thermoengine is the fact that sales of these guys are pretty much non-existent to my knowledge. Also we do not know the pricing structure and surely that will be interesting to see. Rest assured though, you put one of this guys with high CFM fan and many of you will be guaranteed better air cooling.
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