Bij GamePC is één van de eerste vergelijkingen verschenen tussen verschillende koelers voor de Intel Pentium 4. De zes koelers die getest worden zijn de Coolermaster DP4-6I51 en DP4-6I11, de GlobalWin VAW32, de Thermaltake P4 Golden Orb en Indigo Orb en last but not least de Intel retail koeler. Volgens de reviewer is de Indigo Orb de beste koeler van het stel, maar zoals gebruikelijk betekend dat ook dat ie de duurtste en lawaaierigste is. Indien niet zoveel behoefte hebt aan het overclocken van je spiksplinternieuwe Pentium 4 en je een hekel hebt aan lawaai is de retail fan de ideale keus. En voor de grijze middenmoot is de Coolermaster DP4-6I51 leuk:
Well, it's obvious that Thermaltake's new Indigo Orb is the performance king, but at what cost? The cooler is the most expensive of the pack, and is the loudest. If the best cooling performance is your primary agenda, this is the Pentium 4 cooler to get. Plus, it should allow you plenty of breathing room for upgrades when the P4 1.7 and 2.0 GHz chips eventually show up.
As for the quietest cooler, without a doubt the trophy goes to the Intel retail cooler. The thing is just dead silent. The Thermaltake P4 Golden Orb is also very quiet, but doesn't seem to be up to par in terms of performance anymore.
The GlobalWin and Coolermaster units are your basic, run of the mill coolers. Don't perform the best, but don't perform badly. They're not the quietest units, but they're usually some of the cheapest. Considering the relatively low temperature differences between the coolers, it just may be a safe bet to buy a generic P4 cooler with some good thermal paste.
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