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Two New Thermalright Heatsinks

M

Manzelle

Golden Member
SI-97

Feature:

Multiple heatpipes for well spread heat around aluminum fins
Enormous wingspan gives extra cooling to surrounding components
Soldered fins to copper base (nickel plated) to make effective contact
Light weight and easy installation
Technical Spec.:

Dimension:
L116 x W96 x H75 (mm) heatsink only, without fan

Weight:
280g (heat sink only)

Recommended Fan

Maker: Panaflo (Panasonic)
Model: FBL09A12M
Size: 92 x 92 x 25 (mm)
Bearing: Hydro Wave
Voltage: 12V
Speed: 2450 rpm
Air Flow: 48 CFM
Noise Level: 30.0 dBA
Weight: 110g (3.88 oz)

AMD: Athlon XP Palamino, Thoroughbred, and Barton 2800+ and up...

SB-2

Feature:
All copper design for maximum performance
Soldered fins to base to ensure best internal thermal conduction
Twister fins for fast thermal dissipation
Omni directional airflow to cool surrounding electrical components


Technical Spec.:

Dimension:
96mm (Diameter) x 50mm (Height), Fin only, without fan
41.5 mm (Diameter) heat sink base

Weight:
550g (heat sink only)

Recommended Fan

Maker: Panasonic
Model: FBA09A12M
Size: 92x92x25 (mm)
Bearing: Hydro Wave
Voltage: 12V
Speed: 2450 rpm
Air Flow: 48.0 CFM
Noise Level: 30.0 dBA
Weight: 110g (3.88 OZ )


AMD: Athlon64 FX 3200+/Athlon64 3200+ and above...
Intel: Pentium-4 socket-478 3.2 GHz and above...
 
The SB-2 has been arounf for a couple of months but it performs slightly worse than the XP-90.
The SI 97 is very interresting though as it looks like it's a Socket A version of the XP-90 which should make it the best Socket A heatsink. The XP-90 outperforms the SP-97/94 on other platforms so it should be the same on the Socket A
 
That SI-97 looks pretty cool. If it performs well enough I might pick it up to replace my current 500mg heatsink.
 
SB-2 look's like they tried to copy the Zalman concept,except their HS fins are spaced much closer than Zalman's and probably cant dissipate heat as well.(my assumption)
You'd need some pretty serious air flow to help dissipate that heat wich means more noise.
Also the closer proximity of the fins will promote dustball build-up sooner wich means your cooling efficiency decrease,noise increases and you're motivate to have to clean it out more often.
I just ordered the Zalman for my AMD64 3500 S939 and hope to achieve a bit better cooling than stock AMD HSF so that I may try a little bit of overclocking.I'm jsut hoping I made the right choice.
Theory and reality often produce unexpected results.
 
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