Cooler Master's DHT heatsink, the "Vortex Plus". Anyone try it yet?

[Synomenon]

I just noticed this heatsink from Cooler Master called "Vortex Plus".
http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?category_id=1623&product_id=2984

Has anyone tried it? It's the lowest-profile DHT heatsink I've seen.

 

[Kenmitch]

Here some temp comparisons from a link off the review tab.

http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2522&page=5

 

[jvroig]

A friend of mine bought it and hates it. He hates it because of the noise he describes as shrieking, and curses a review he saw (ninjalane or something) that absolutely praised it.

It is not a performance cooler, that is for sure, but I suppose it would serve the purpose of adequate cooling in a tight/small case that could only fit low-profile heatsinks.

Based on frostytech, its performance is somewhere between the two standard HSF that AMD uses:
- better than the all-around-crappy stock HSF for 90W and lower TDP processors (block of aluminum fins with a fan)
- worse than the good but loud stock HSF for 125W and higher TDP processors (the stock AMD HSF that has heatpipes)

 

[Synomenon]

The fan is replaceable you know. He doesn't have to stick with the "shrieking" fan.

 

[jvroig]

Sure it is. You asked for comments about it, I gave mine to you. Beyond that, not saying anything else, such as the HSF being ruined by the noise of the fan. Also, this is not a personal account; it is "second-hand" info, as I have never heard it for myself, and am going strictly by what my friend told me.

My friend did replace the fan eventually, when he got around to it.