Thermalright SP-97 SocketA heatpipe heatsink released !!

[rms]

http://www.thermalright.com/a_news/main_news_sp97.htm

I wish I hadn't invested in watercooling already. This thing looks fantastic. www.2cooltek.com says they are in stock now, btw.

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[Jeff7181]

Ummm, don't heatpipes have a side that must go up, and one that must go down? If so, how will it work with all socket A boards that have different socket orientations?

 

[Megatomic]

Jeff, I guess the consumer will have to do his/her homework before buying this heatsink. I think this is going to be a great product, it's too bad the Socket A platform is dying. This should have come out at least a year ago.

 

[MrPickins]

LINKYFIED for the lazy.

 

[rms]

The question about heatpipe orientation is a good one, but not as critical as it once was, due to a wick material that is used in most designs inside the heatpipe. I read this in a review of some other heatpipe heatsink, the temperature difference between the different orientations was measureable but not very significant.

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[rms]

BTW, there is a SP-98 Athlon64 version also coming out. Doesn't look like they've announced it yet tho.

rms