Bij RipNet-UK zijn ze eens flink aan de haal gegaan met in totaal 14 Socket A coolertjes. Er werd gewerkt met kandidaten afkomstig van GlobalWin, ThermoSonic, CoolerMaster, ThermalTake OCZ en Thaisol om op die manier een goede vergelijking te kunnen maken. Uiteindelijk zijn de resultaten netjes onder elkaar gelegd, waardoor de reviewer de coolers in drie verschillende groepen kon zetten. Er waren 3 exemplaren die bij full load een Duron 800 @ 1000Mhz onder de 40 graden grens wisten te houden, namelijk de Thermo Engine 800 en de FOP38 en WBK38 van GlobalWin. De rest viel in de 35-40 graden categorie, afgezien ThermalTake's Mini Chrome en Super Orb. Check hieronder vast een klein stukkie uit de conclusie:
The CPU cooler market is big business these days, as you can readily see by the constant appearance of new, ever more exotic designs. Consequently it can be difficult to sort the men from the boys and figure out which heatsink is best going to suit your needs. This round-up has concentrated on performance first and foremost, and also had a look at how easy each unit is to install and remove; price is not a factor I've considered, but none of the coolers tested cost what I would call silly money - don't think I could have written that if there had been a Swift Tech involved...
[...] These results suggest to me that there's no substitute for airflow - a high power fan is a must. If that means you have to put up with more noise, then so be it! The next important factor seems to be innovative heatsink design, which we can see in both the ThermoEngine with it's heatpipe (whatever it might contain) and the wave design of the GlobalWin WBK. The back room boys have clearly been giving the old grey matter a good work-out to come up with these two.
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