Onze Australische kameraden van Overclockers Australia hebben een review gepost van de Thermaltake Gold Orb socket cooler voor PIII, Celeron en K6 CPU's. De cooler bleek goed te presteren in vergelijking met andere heatsinks, ook al is het temperatuursverschil vrijwel nihil (temperatuur 47C, 1 graad Celcius koeler dan een GlobalWin FDP32):
Well, once again a small cooler surprises us. This cooler is definitely in the same league as much larger coolers. There's not a spectacular price difference - the FDP and FKP are usually just under the AUD$40.00 mark. However, at AUD$33.00 (plus shipping from Western Australia) these units are quite a bargain. They're also ideal if you're short on space. Keep in mind, though, that they are quite wide at the base - for example, the dreaded capacitors on the BP6 foul these heatsinks badly - they can be modified to fit (with a Dremel or similar) but don't as stock. If your motherboard is tight for space around the socket consider the FKP-32. The Golden Orb should fit most slocket adapters fine and I'd be surprised if they blocked ram slots on any motherboard.
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