Max Page van FrostyTech heeft zijn review van de GlobalWin CAK38 op het net gezet. Deze cooler bestaat volledige uit koper. Het dingetje weegt 450 gram en komt met een dikke 6800 RPM Delta 60mm fan. In het artikel gaat veel aandacht uit naar het ontwerp van de cooler.
Zoals we gewend zijn van FrostyTech wordt de cooler op het FrostyTech Synthetic Temperature Test Platform geplaatst voor de benchmark. De GlobalWin CAK38 weet de eerste plaats te bemachtigen boven de Thermoengine V60-4210 en de waaiervormige Zalman CNPS3100. Hieronder de conclusie:
All in all the CAK38 is an excellent cooling solution if you don't mind the noise. We were a bit disappointed with the poor finish of the fins, and the less than flat base, which is also quite rough. That said, the CAK38 still manages to spit out some spectacular cooling numbers on the synthetic test bed.
It is alway's good to see that big fans like this come with Molex pass through cables, just incase you aren't sure you motherboard can handle the draw. While the Delta fan can be plugged into the fan header on the motherboard, an adaptor makes it possible to connect the fan directly to the power supply. It's a small feature, but a nice one to see included with a heatsink these days.
I would suggest anyone who gets one of these copper coolers from Globalwin spend the time and lap the base of the heatsink for a while. Just smoothing out that base will do wonders for heat transmission. If that isn't your style, be sure to use plenty of good thermal compound (we used generic silver compound in our tests) to fill in all those light marks.
So what is the bottom line on the CAK38? It's loud, it's ugly, and it really works well. I guess it's what counts that really matters. ;-)
