Coolers for Pentium 4 `2002 Q3
Elan Vital FSNW01-FC
The design of the cooler is very similar to that of Asus FSCUG9C-6FC for AMD processors. In the price lists though all is mixed up as before: in some price lists Asus is the manufacturer, in others it's Elan Vital. In fact, the true manufacturer is Elan Vital, but by the OEM agreement the cooler is sold under the Asus trademark. Of course, this added to the price - currently it sells at $18 a piece. On the one hand, it is good value for money - the fan has a rotational speed controller. On the other hand, the processor base is made of aluminum and due to that the price looks overstated.
Well, let's examine the cooler more closely.
The appearance is not impressive at all - the cooler is light (weighs only 243 g), small (the dimensions 69.1x83x55.8 mm) and the fins are very thin. A smaller fan of 60x60x11 mm dimensions adds to the mean appearance.
the maximum rotational speed is 4800 rpm
Have a look at the cooler from the side.
The fins are very thin and under any temperature they stay cold. The cooling system is absolutely inefficient.
The cooler base is also not impressive - the processing quality is higher than in Termaltake Volcano, but grinding traces are anyway visible. Originally, there was a thermal interface of the base and then it melted down early after the first test and firmly glued to the processor. All in all, I did not find any pluses in the cooler, although the Elan Vital has a trump card in stock - the rotational speed varies with the processor temperature. This function was expected to reduce the noise level. As per the manufacturer (by the way, the design of their web-site has been renewed :), the noise level is not greater that 38 dB (depending on the rotational speed). The factual noise level is lower than in Termaltake Volcano,but all the same is rather high.
In the end, despite the much-vaunted noise-reduction technique the cooler did not appeal to me.
It has only one merit - it is very easy to fasten. For that, there are two metal clamps that press the cooler firmly. It is also easy to remove. around $8 a piece.
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