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• 4/2/08: Applying Thermal Grease Like it says - Joe

• 2/29/08: Rosewill RCX-Z4 Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 2/14/08: Heatsink Mounting Pressure vs Performance Heatsink clamping force directly affects thermal compound performance - Joe

• 1/17/08: Kingwin RVT-12025D Heatsink Test - Joe

• 1/15/08: Kingwin RVT-12025 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 10/22/07: 3RSystem IceAge 120 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 10/2/07: SilentFlux ATX™ Heatsink Test - Joe

• 9/28/07: Kingwin Revolution (RVT-9225) Heatsink Test - Joe

• 7/13/07: nPowerTek NPH-1000 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 7/9/07: Kingwin Gladiator Liquid Cooled Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 5/19/07: Evercool Sharks Heatsink Test - Joe

• 3/20/07: Kingwin KA-9228 Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 3/13/07: Kingwin KA-9227 Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 3/8/07: ChillTec Thermo Electric CPU Cooler Heatsink Test - Joe

• 3/3/07: Kingwin KA-9225 Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 3/3/07: Kingwin KA-9226ACU Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 2/3/07: Silenx iXtrema Heatsink IXC-92HA1 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 1/9/07: Silenx 92mm Tower Heatsink - Preview Heatsink Test - Kyle Lunau

• 8/16/06: NPH Big Heatsink Test - Joe

• 6/24/06: Intel Retail Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 6/23/06: Thermalright SI-128 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 5/31/06: Spire SP601B3 VertiCool II™ Heatsink Test - Joe

• 5/26/06: Thermalright Ultra-120 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 4/13/06: Thermalright Ultra 90 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 4/9/06: P4 Motherboard Test Platform Updated - Joe

• 2/13/06: Poor Man's Flatness Test Simple and effective - Michael Yu

• 12/16/05: Tuniq Tower 120 Big, heavy, well performing heatsink - Joe

• 11/29/05: Xeon Heatsink Mod Quest for low noise - Ted Schultheiss

• 11/28/05: Thermalright HR-01 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 9/22/05: Scythe Ninja Heatsink Test - Joe

• 9/2/05: Asetek VapoChill Micro™ Extreme Heatsink Test - Joe

• 8/27/05: Thermalright SI-120 Heatsink Test - Joe

• 7/16/05: Improving The Cooling On The Asus Z71V & A A clever, simple and easy mod - Bryan Heestand

• 5/28/05: Vantec Mach 1 Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink Test - Joe

• 5/27/05: Laptop Overheating? Check The Heatsink Like it says - Jon Fettig

• 5/16/05: How I Lapped my Heat Sink DIY - Jeff G

• 5/12/05: Alpha PRE9060 Pentium 4 (LGA775) Heatsink Heatsink test - Joe

• 4/7/05: Scythe Kamaboko Heatsink test - Joe

• 4/6/05: Thermalright XP-90C Heatpipe Heatsink Heatsink test - Joe

• 10/19/04: Thermalright SI-97 Heatsink test - Joe

• 8/31/04: Thermalright XP-90 Heatsink test - Joe

• 8/29/04: ArctiClean Review TIM remover and cleaner - Patrick Walsh

• 7/10/04: Appeasing The Volcano: Slowing Down The TT Volcano 12 Slowing down the fan. - Charles Smutz

• 6/30/04: Custom Mount for the Passive Zalman ZM-NB47J Northbridge Heatsink Mounting mod for P4 motherboards - Paul Macklin

• 6/11/04: Thermalright 120mm P-4 Heatpipe Heatsink test - Joe

• 5/13/04: Alpha 8055 Heatsink Heatsink test - Joe

• 4/16/04: AVC #Z7UB301001 For AMD Opteron & Athlon 64 - Joe

• 3/27/04: TTIC-NPH-101 P4 Heatsink Two fan heatpipe - Joe

• 3/17/04: TTIC-NPH-201 Socket A Heatsink Two fan heatpipe - Joe

• 3/9/04: CoolerMaster Jet 7 CPU Cooler A jet engine cooler? Brian Berryman

• 2/24/04: Arctic Cooling Super Silent 4Pro L Very quiet, low performance - Joe

• 2/21/04: Arctic Cooling Copper Silent 2 Very quiet, low performance - Joe

• 2/17/04: Vantec Aeroflow 2 An OK choice for CPU cooling - Joe

• 2/11/04: Thermalright SLK-948U A very good heatsink for P4 and Athlon64FX CPUs - Joe

• 1/22/04: Thermalright SP-97 Very good Socket A heatsink, depending on noise preferences - Joe

• 10/10/03: Thermalright-947U Very good P4/Socket A heatsink, depending on noise preferences - Joe

• 10/7/03: Thermalright ALX-800 Excellent choice for aggressive air-cooling, but at very high noise levels - Joe

• 10/2/03: CpuMate Heatpipe Very good heatpipe - Joe

• 9/24/03: Swiftech MCX462-V Very good Socket A cooling, depending on noise preference - Joe

• 8/25/03: CPU Cooling Challenge - Time For Water?? A case for watercooling - Joe

• 8/14/03: Thermalright SLK 900A Very good Socket A cooling, depending on noise preference - Joe

• 8/12/03: CoolerMaster Aero4 Interesting design, lots of flexibility - Joe

• 8/7/03: Thermalright SP-94 Heatpipe An excellent choice for P4 cooling, although noise preferences must be considered - Joe

• 8/5/03: Scythe Kamakaze Modest performance with variable speed fan - Joe

• 6/9/03: Thermal Transtech Int'l Heatpipe TTIC-NPH-1 Excellent P4 heatpipe performance - Joe

• 5/30/03: Thermal Transtech Int'l Heatpipe TTIC-NPH-2 Excellent Socket A heatpipe performance - Joe

• 5/21/03: Measuring Airflow Resistance A new testing tool - Joe

• 5/9/03: Glaciator 3X Prototype Excellent 1U prototype heatsink - Joe

• 4/30/03: Thermaltake VOLCANO 11+ Variable speed fan - Joe

• 4/22/03: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu Low noise heatsink with very good cooling performance - Joe

• 4/17/03: Zalman CNPS5700D-Cu Low noise heatsink - Joe

• 4/15/03: Dynatron DC1U-B01 Copper heatsink for 1U cooling - Joe

• 3/31/03: Thermalright SLK-800U Good choice for aggressive P4/Socket A cooling

• 3/23/03: Dynatron DC1206BM-Y Very good performance; a skived copper heatsink for P4 cooling - Joe

• 3/11/03: Dynatron DC1207BM-X Very good performance; a skived copper heatsink for P4 cooling - Joe

• 2/28/03: Dynatron DC1U-B02 Copper heatsink for 1U cooling - Joe

• 2/1/03: Thermalright SLK-900-U Outstanding performance, depending on fan used - Joe

• 1/29/03: Z-bra An OK heatsink from Romania - Joe

• 1/26/03: Thermalright SK7 / YS Tech TMD Fan on a P4 Using a Socket A heatsink on a P4 - Lyle Wong

• 1/21/03: Globalwin TAK68 Mod - The Copper Insert Copperizing (??) a heatsink - Nigel Hulse

• 11/12/02: CoolSonic CS-1672-A Reasonable noise, OK performance, conventional fan - Joe

• 11/12/02: CoolSonic CS-1672-A Reasonable noise, OK performance, TMD fan - Joe

• 11/11/02: Shuttle P4H Heatpipe Reasonable noise, good performance - Joe

• 11/9/02: ZEROtherm Heatpipe Very low noise and performance - Joe

• 11/8/02: Thermalright SLK700 Excellent balance between noise and performance - Joe

• 10/29/02: Swiftech MCX462+T™ Brute force TEC air cooling for AMD CPUs - Joe

• 10/26/02: Vantec Aeroflow P4 Heatsink An excellent balance between noise and performance - Joe

• 10/18/02: Project XP Cooling Part Two: Below 50C and Looking Fine Improving CPU cooling on a college student budget - Beau Safken

• 10/14/02: Speeze 5R265B1H3 Good performance at reasonable noise levels - Joe

• 10/12/02: Speeze 5F263B1M3 Low noise, low performance - Joe

• 10/10/02: Vantec Aeroflow With TMD Fan Very good balance between noise and performance - Joe

• 9/30/02: Swiftech MCX462+ Top performer - Joe

• 9/27/02: TOCOOLS Regal P4 Heatsink An OK P4 heatsink - Joe

• 9/26/02: Thermalright SK7 Solid performer - Joe

• 9/25/02: Thermalright SK6+ Solid performer - Joe

• 9/17/02: Taisol P4 Heatpipe (CMP411151) Good looking but disappointing peformance - Joe

• 9/16/02: AVC #112C83 OEM Socket A heatsink for "normal" cooling - Joe

• 9/3/02: Vantec CCK-7025 P4 Heatsink An OK P4 heatsink for "normal" cooling - Joe

• 8/28/02: AVC Tundra 2 An OK heatsink for "normal" cooling - Joe

• 8/23/02: TOCOOLS Crown A heatsink with a manually controlled fan - Joe

• 8/20/02: CoolerMaster HSC-V62 A heatsink with a temperature controlled fan - Joe

• 8/14/02: SIBAK AC-07-610B A three fan heatsink with very good performance - Joe

• 8/13/02: SIBAK IC-01 An OK performer with a very good mounting system - Joe

• 8/8/02: Heatsink Mounting Some factors affecting performance - Bll Adams

• 7/31/02: Project XP Stock Cooler Improving CPU cooling on a college student budget - Beau Safken

• 7/25/02: Thermaltake Volcano 9 Variable fan moderates noise and performance - Joe

• 7/18/02: Swiftech MCX4000 Top rank P4 heatsink -- Joe

• 7/16/02: Thermalright SLK800 Top rank Socket A heatsink -- Joe

• 7/11/02: Cho-Liang CB0315U-17 Moderate performance, low noise -- Joe

• 7/9/02: Quick, Cheap, and Not-So-Dirty 80 mm Fan Mod Interesting way to mount 80mm fans to heatsinks -- Malaclypse the Younger

• 7/9/02: Dr Thermal TI-V77 Moderate performance, moderately low noise -- Joe

• 6/15/02: Dr Thermal TI-V8639L Moderate performance, moderately low noise -- Joe

• 6/14/02: Dr Thermal TI-R8639L Light performance, low noise -- Joe

• 6/11/02: TMD Socket 478 Cooler Interesting fan, OK- performance -- Joe

• 5/14/02: Cooler Master IHC-H71 Very good performance for P4 CPUs though noisy -- Joe

• 5/8/02: Thermalright AX-478 Very good performance for P4 CPUs though noisy, depending on the fan used -- Joe

• 5/6/02: Glaciator II Low Noise Heatsinks Very good performance for low noise heatsinks -- Joe

• 5/2/02: SIBAK AC-06-725TH Very good performance, very loud noise -- Joe

• 5/1/02: Speeze EasyStream™ 9T236B1M3 Quiet with sedate peformance - for P4 -- Joe

• 4/25/02: Thermalright SLK600 - Production Version Outstanding performance -- Joe

• 4/23/02: Evercool 610 One for Mom -- Joe

• 4/20/02: Jerky's 92mm AX7 Mod Bigger fan, less noise. -- Jerky

• 4/16/02: Alpha PAL 8942 PIV Heatsink Very good PIV performance -- Joe

• 4/12/02: Juan's SK6 Mod How-To use an 80mm with no effort -- Juan

• 4/10/02: Noise/Performance Heatsink Curves Noise pollution turns $80 heatsinks into $30 heatsinks -- Joe

• 4/9/02: TOCOOLS A1 A fairly conventional design with 80mm fan, OK performance -- Joe

• 4/2/02: Vantec 1U #CCK-6012 A 1U, all copper heatsink -- Joe

• 3/30/02: COOLINK U2Power (U2P) An 80mm, Socket A/370 heatsink with good performance -- Joe

• 3/27/02: COOLINK H2Twin (H2T) A top performing, twin-fan heatsink -- Joe

• 3/24/02: Nidec Nixes Noise Reducing noise using squirrel-cage fans -- Rob Campbell

• 3/24/02: Fan Survey II People talk about noisy heatsink fans and what they did about them. -- Ed

• 3/7/02: Thermalright AX-7 Top performing socket A/370 heatsink -- Joe

• 3/4/02: Cooler Master HHC-001 92mm Fan Upgrade A fandapter "How-To" -- Mike

• 3/1/02: Heatsinks - Hitting a Wall?? Has current heatsink technology peaked? -- Joe

• 2/26/02: Thermaltake Volcano 7+ A top performing, PIV/Socket A heatsink with adjustable fan speeds -- Joe

• 2/22/02: SIBAK AC-02-625B A top performing, noisy, heatsink from a new face on the block -- Joe

• 2/21/02: Evercool CUD-725 A nice noise/performance tradeoff -- Joe

• 2/20/02: SIBAK AC-01-625B A quiet one for Mom -- Joe

• 2/19/02: AKASA Silver Mountain 2 Another top peformer -- Joe

• 2/13/02: Thermalright SLK600 Prototype An exceptional heatsink - top peformance -- Joe

• 2/11/02: A Tale of Two Heat Pipes One very good, one to skip. -- Hoot

• 2/5/02: Global Win CAK II 38 and CAK II 16 One very good, one to skip. -- Joe

• 2/4/02: Alpha PEP66T Revisited Still lots of life in this "dated" heatsink. -- Joe

• 2/3/02: Antec Reference Heatsink OK performance, noisy, heatsink. -- Joe

• 1/31/02: Fortis A102 Pro Very good performance, but noisy, heatsink. -- Joe

• 1/28/02: AVC Sun Flower High performance PIV heatsink. -- Joe

• 1/26/02: Thermalright AX-7 Top performing heatsink. -- Joe

• 1/24/02: BITSPOWER NP60CS & NP60CD One not so good, one very good. -- Joe

• 1/19/02: Global Win SAK38 A classic heatsink design marred by a less than stellar base finish. -- Joe

• 1/18/02: Global Win TAK68 Innovative two fan cooling solution for flip chips - decent performance. -- Joe

• 1/14/02: Global Win CDK38 Prototype Very competitive performance from an all copper forged heatsink. -- Joe

• 1/11/02: Cooler Master HHC-001 Very competitive performance from a "Heat Pipe" -- Joe

• 1/9/02: Swiftech 462 to PIV Mod Quick note on this mod. -- Artturi.

• 1/8/02: Direct CPU Diode Reading Measuring CPU temps with AMD's internal diode. -- Joe

• 1/8/02: PIV Heatsink Roundup A look at a number of PIV cooling solutions. -- Joe

• 1/5/02: ARKUA 8568 PIV Heatsink A competitive heatsink for PIV use. -- Joe

• 1/3/02: PIV Cooling and the Intel PIV Heatsink Some thoughts on PIV cooling and a performance test of Intel's PIV heatsink. -- Joe

• 12/28/01: Arkua™ 7528 Competitive performance at tolerable noise levels. -- Joe

• 12/18/01: Millennium G-Lite A very good, low noise, light weight, good performance aluminum heatsink for Socket A/370 cooling. -- Joe

• 12/14/01: Swiftech MCXC370 An excellent, top performing heatsink for Socket A/370 cooling. -- Joe

• 12/11/01: Vantec PIV Heatsink GSN7025 A competitive aluminum heatsink for PIV cooling. -- Joe

• 12/2/01: Millennium Thermal Solutions Glaciator versus Glaciator II A comparison between the orginal and new Glaciator. -- Proze

• 12/1/01: Millennium Glaciator II A nice improvement to the original Glaciator. -- Joe

• 11/29/01: Dynatron DC1206BM-R A very nice all-copper heatsink for 1U applications. -- Joe

• 11/27/01: Four PIV Heatsinks A couple of adequate performers in the bunch. -- Joe

• 11/15/01: ICEe Cube Cooler An aluminum extrusion with an 80mm fan - an OK but not great cooler. -- Joe

• 11/9/01: Titan Majesty Twins Cooler An aluminum extrusion, twin fan heatsink that looks cute but is short on performance. -- Joe

• 11/7/01: Thermaltake Volcano 7 An aluminum extrusion with copper disc insert and temperature controlled fan - has performance issues. -- Joe

• 11/5/01: CoolerMaster CB5-6G52-01 An all-copper heatsink that needs a very noisy fan to make it work. -- Joe

• 11/3/01: OCZ Dominator 2 An all-aluminum heatsink that needs a very noisy fan to make it work. -- Joe

• 11/1/01: BITSPOWER NP80D Another promising design but a flawed implementation. -- Joe

• 10/25/01: ZEN Radiator Cooler A promising technology but a flawed implementation. -- Joe

• 10/22/01: AMD Retail Heatsink Makes a great paperweight - do not use for serious cooling. -- Joe

• 10/18/01: Dynatron DC1206BM-L/638 Very good performance but with lots of noise. --Joe

• Update 10/12/01: Alpha PAL 8045 An excellent compromise between absolute best performance and low noise. --Joe

• 9/29/01: Global Win CAK38 An all copper entry with good performance.--Joe

• 9/27/01: Motherboard Fan Header Voltage Variations A test showing heatsink fan rpm variations for different motherboards.--Joe

• 9/26/01: Speeze BigRock Heatsink An aluminum unit that might be a good price/performance buy.--Joe

• 9/21/01: Speeze CopperRock Heatsink A low noise, mediocre heat remover.--Joe

• 9/19/01: Vantec CCK-6027D Another less noise, more heat cooler.--Joe

• 9/2/01: Cohesive Air and an Obstinate Heatsink? A project to get more cooling but less noise.--Dale DeHoff

• 8/28/01: And Now For Something Completely Different Using a Millennium Glaciator for an Intel SECC2 CPU.--Bryan Berryman

• 8/26/01: Dynatron DY1206BH-638 Copper Cooler A good but loud heatsink.--Joe

• Zalman CNPS 5000
• Tornado
• Antec Jet Cool
• Fortis A102
• Thermalright CB-6L
• Thermaltake Volcano 6CU+
• Dynatron DC1206BM-O
• Vantec CCK6035D - PROTOTYPE
• Swiftech MCX370-0A
• Out Damned Clip!
• MILLENNIUM GLACIATOR VS. ALPHA PEP66T
• Glaciator, Swiftech 462A, Thermalright SK6 Performance Tests
• Thermaltake Dragon ORB 3
• Millenium Glaciator
• JAMITECH 5E34B3
• Trig Copper Heatsink T501
• The "Copperfoot" Blorb
• Power Cooler
• Swiftech MC462-A with Sanyo Fan
• Why Heatsink Polishing Might Be A Bad Idea
• Quieting the Delta 38CFM Fan
• Thermalright Copper Heatsinks - Pre-production Test
• OCZ Gladiator
• Global Win CAK38
• Thermal Efficiency of Heatsink and Fan Combos
• Measuring Heatsink Temperatures
• Zalman Flower
• Pentium III Slot 1 Golden Orb User Review
• Pushing The Best To The Wall
• Thermaltake Volcano II
• The Core
• Millenium Copper: A Preview Test
• Thermosonic ThermoEngine
• Global Win WBK38 Heatsink
• Extreme Heatsink Testing
• Tennmax Lasagna CPU Cooler
• Vantec Socket A Heatsink: FCE62540D
• Super Suckers Showdown
• TRIG.
• Thermal Grease-- Optional?
• Heatsink Performance Limits
• Back Door CPU Cooling: Iwill KK266
• Millennium Black Ice: A Preview
• Heatsink Size As A Performance Indicator
• Kingwin KP-02 and KP-05 Heatsinks
• Taisol CGK742092 Heatsink
• Intel Internal Diode vs. In-Socket CPU Temp Comparison
• Socket A Temps: Accuracy and Comparison Issues
• Peppy PEP Pretender
• Thermaltake Super Orb
• Alpha PEP66 Fan Options
• Self Made Giant Air-Cooled Heatsink for Socket 370/7
• Alpha PEP66T with Delta Thin Fan
• Swiftech MC370-0A
• Heatsink Testing Methodology
• Heatsink Testing
• Alpha PEP66 Mod For Socket Use
• Fandapter (60mm to 80mm) for the Alpha PEP66
• Startech Socket A Heatsink
• AMD and Future Heatsinks
• Blue Orb
• 60mm Fan Face off - AddA vs YS Tech vs Papst
• Hedgehog Meets Alpha
• Pablo's ORB
• Fan Blowoff: YS Tech vs Papst vs Delta
• Arcticooler vs Alpha PAL6035 vs Global Win FDP32
• Cheese it! It's The Coppers, ORB!
• Five Air Cooled Socket A Heatsinks
• The Ultimate AMD Socket A Cooler?
• Alpha PAL 6035
• The Reformed Golden Orb
• Easy Heatsink Mods To Drop CPU Temps
• Global Win FOP32E Socket A Heatsink
• A Silicone Job
• Alpha Vs. Gorb with a TBird.
• ASUS A7V PLL Chip Cooler
• Global Win & Thermaltake Socket A Coolers
• Easy Golden Orb Installation
• ChipCoolers Plastic Heatsinks
• A Down Under Heatsink From Down Under
• Vos Populi: Global Win VOS32 vs. Thermaltake Slot 1 Golden Cyclone
• SurlyJoe's RamCents
• Slot 1 PIII Golden Orb
• Global Win FLK32
• Alpha PEP66
• Golden Orb Part Deux
• Global Win FKP32 and ICKool 80mm
• Vantec Flip Chip Cooler
• Global Win VOS32
• Alpha PAL 6035
• RDJD K601 Review
• Alpha Killer Shootout
• Socket 7 Thin Fin Heatsink
• AMK SECC80+ PIII Heatsink
• HP Polar Logic Orb
• Card Cooler Thin Fin Heatsink
• Xtreme PIII Heatsink
• TennMax P3STF Pentium III Heatsink
• Cool Coolers!
• Top Gun CPU Cooler Chill-Out
• Xtreme Heat Sink Review
• SHOOTOUT: Alpha Socket 7 vs Global Win FDP32
• Vantec P3D 5030 Cooler Review
• Alpha Socket 5/7/370 Mounting Instructions
• Socket 370 Cooler Comparison
• Net-N-Dude Glacier 4500 C/Arctic Cap Review
• CPU Cooler Tests
• Randy's Heatsink Tip
• Turnbuckle Mountings for Heatsinks
• Determining Heat Sink Efficiency Using Thermal Diode Temperatures
• Celery Sandwich & Extreme Cooling Methods
• Twin Fans for a Retail Celeron
• Radical P2 Cooling Tweak
• How To Cool Your Cache