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The Ice Cube Cooler
The second is Vantec's new Socket-A cooler. No, it doesn't make ice cubes ! It's
blue, it's huge and they call this unit the "Ice Cube".
This image is almost real size with a 17" monitor !
In fact it's a tidbit bigger ...
The Ice Cooler was much easier to
install. Downside .. It's huge ! I actually had to remove my power supply to
reach and mount+lock the cooler secure. But once seated it'll performed excellent. The
advantage of this cooler is simple, it almost performs as well as the Silver Orb
and you don't need to bend any capacitors. BTW - make sure you buy some
thermal paste ! It only will cost you a few dollars and it will conduct
heat way better to the heatsink.
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Dimensions (incl. fan)
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63x60x65mm (LxWxH)
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Volts DC
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12
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Bearing Type
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Ball Bearing
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Watts
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2.6
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Application
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Socket A/7/370/FC-PGA
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Performance is smooth and swiftly,
this very quiet fan did an excellent job, when we stressed the overclocked
Thunderbird it reached 49 Degrees Celsius as maximum. If the CPU was in idle
(doing basically nothing) it cooled down the CPU towards 32. It's actually funny
to know that the CPU in idle is cooler than your body temperature in idle huh ?
That's a huge mofo ...
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