Coolers for Pentium 4 `2002 Q3
Thermaltake Volcano P4
Thermaltake produce is very popular on the Russian market primarily due to its affordable price. It's evident that with the release of Pentium4 the company has developed and presented several coolers for public verdict.
Let's take a look at the cheapest Thermaltake model (by the way, it's the most common - you can find it at practically every computer shop).
The design is classical - it is made up of an aluminum radiator with a fan on top). The cooler is easily fastened to the socket with clamps (rather, to the plastic frame)but is more difficult to remove - every clamp has to be turned up separately and levered up slightly with a screwdriver.
The cooler sells in an ordinary cardboard box with nothing else inside but the cooler itself.
The cooler is heavy enough. Most of the mass is taken by the aluminum radiator made up of a couple of dozen fins of equal height.
Attached to the radiator using two screws is an iron frame with a 70 mm fan (the dimensions 70x70x15 mm) on top. The quality of the fastener is very high, so no vibration is produced.The fan's rotational speed is about 4800 rpm, which produces a 30 cfm air flow. In so doing, the cooler is rather noisy - the noise level is 37 dB as per the manufacturer's specifications.
the mean time between failures is 50000 hours
Look at the cooler base - it is processed fairly crudely. In the center there is a rectangular pad of the Bergquist 225U thermal interface. Its heat conducting material has made a very good showing.
Summing it up, the price for the cooler is not high at all - around $8 a piece.
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