Socket-A / Socket-370 Cooler Roundup - July 2000
by Tillmann Steinbrecher on July 14, 2000 7:57 PM EST- Posted in
- Cases/Cooling/PSUs
A closer look at the folded
fin heatsink:
The
fan
The P710 comes with a 60x25mm
JMC fan. Since RDJD is a division of JMC, both fan an heatsink come from the
same company. It is slightly louder than the Sanyo Denki fans used by Alpha,
but still the noise level isn't that bad for a 60x25mm fan. The JMC fan supports
rpm monitoring.
For reasons unknown to us,
we received both RDJD heatsinks without any clips. Therefore we "borrowed" a
clip from the Global WIN FKP32 for the tests. This clip would hold the heatsink
firmly, and allowed easy installation. The shipping RDJD heatsinks will of course
come with clips, but we cannot comment on the quality of these clips since we
have not tested them.
The heatsink comes with a preinstalled thermal pad (which we removed and instead
applied thermal compound for the test).
The cooling performance of the K710 was rather disappointing - especially considering that a 60x25mm fan is involved. This heatsink is neither especially efficient nor especially silent. On the other hand, it is the cheapest heatsink in this comparison.
| RDJD P710 at a glance |
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Fans:
One JMC 60x25mm
Fan
rpm (measured): 4582
Weight: 190g
Height: 68mm DIMM slots blocked on P3B-F: 2 Price: around $13 |
| Advantages |
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| Disadvantages |
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