REVIEW: Gigabyte 3DCooler-Pro Heatsink @ Frosty Tech

***Veridian3*** · Mar 3, 2004, 01:59 PM

"The Gigabyte 3DCooler-Pro is an an all-in-one aluminum and copper heatsink designed to support all processors currently available. In other words it is a K7/K8/P4 heatsink - supporting the AMD AthlonXP, Athlon64 and Intel Pentium 4 processors. Versatility means some sacrifices are made to accommodate the different thermal requirements, and surface area of each CPU core, but in general Gigabyte pull it together quite well. The draw for consumers is that one heatsink can be used on any platform, and that means the 3DCooler-pro potentially pays for itself in the future by not needing to be upgraded along with other processor specific components. The 3Dcooler-Pro as it's name suggests, exhausts warm air in a 360 degree fashion from the central fan. The blue two-tier squirrel cage fan is integrated 40-odd stacked aluminum fins connected by two "U" shaped heatpipes to the forged copper base complete the 430gram thermal design."

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Zardon · Mar 3, 2004, 02:15 PM

almost 64db, awesome ive ordered 4, I miss it since I moved farther away from the local airport. and if you look on the last page the SLK800 (yes the old model from thermalright) is hammering it into the ground for temperatures.

Mar 3, 2004, 01:59 PM	#1
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 3,212 Rep Power: 82	REVIEW: Gigabyte 3DCooler-Pro Heatsink @ Frosty Tech "The Gigabyte 3DCooler-Pro is an an all-in-one aluminum and copper heatsink designed to support all processors currently available. In other words it is a K7/K8/P4 heatsink - supporting the AMD AthlonXP, Athlon64 and Intel Pentium 4 processors. Versatility means some sacrifices are made to accommodate the different thermal requirements, and surface area of each CPU core, but in general Gigabyte pull it together quite well. The draw for consumers is that one heatsink can be used on any platform, and that means the 3DCooler-pro potentially pays for itself in the future by not needing to be upgraded along with other processor specific components. The 3Dcooler-Pro as it's name suggests, exhausts warm air in a 360 degree fashion from the central fan. The blue two-tier squirrel cage fan is integrated 40-odd stacked aluminum fins connected by two "U" shaped heatpipes to the forged copper base complete the 430gram thermal design." Full Review

Mar 3, 2004, 02:15 PM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,481 Rep Power: 162	what a load of cobblers almost 64db, awesome ive ordered 4, I miss it since I moved farther away from the local airport. and if you look on the last page the SLK800 (yes the old model from thermalright) is hammering it into the ground for temperatures.