Het volk van Legion Hardware is de eerste die een review heeft gemaakt van de nieuwe Thermaltake Volcano II. De koeler is geschikt voor Socket A processors. Opvallend is dat het een traditionele heatsink is met gewoon een flinke fan er bovenop. De fan draait 4500 rondjes per minuut en zorgt voor een airflow van 36CFM. In tegenstelling tot de Orbs maakt de Volcano II weinig lawaai. Over de installatie was men niet echt te spreken, omdat de koeler gebruik maakte van 'that annoying AMD certified cooler clip' waarvoor je een schroevendraaier nodig hebt om hem te installeren.
De testresultaten waren nogal verrassend. De Volcano II behaalde de laagste idle temperatuur, maar in de stress test moest de koeler genoegen nemen met een derde plaats (onder de Global WIN FOP38 en de ALPHA PEP66):
Sitting right in the middle of the ALPHA PEP66T and the Super Orb gives the Volcano II a nice place to sit in the rankings (For a $37 HSF). I tried to use the Delta 6800RPM fan to increase performance, which I have tried to do with other coolers. Unfortunately this just resulted in 2-3 degrees just like all the other coolers that I have tried to improve by adding the delta. However those few degrees less almost let the Volcano II touch shoulders with the ALPHA PEP66T, which is, valued a $75!!!!!! (AUD).
The Volcano II has been the best Thermaltake product we have reviewed to date. The results were average when compared to the Global WIN FOP38 but then the Volcano II is $15 cheaper than the FOP38. One thing I loved about the Volcano II was its extremely low operating volume, with the case on you didn’t even know it was on, my power supply fan was louder. The Volcano II easily out performed Thermaltake’s previous flagship cooler by more than 5 degrees and Volcano II are also cheaper than the Super Orb. The Volcano II is a good cooler for its price tag and should earn Thermaltake some respect in the cooling game. Also keep an eye on other new Thermaltake products like the Volcano (Pentium 4 Cooler), Indigo Orb (Pentium 4 Cooler) and the Mini-Super Orb (New revision of the Super Orb).
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