:. Introduction .:
When you think about overclocking, one company comes
right to mind: one of the first names you will hear is Thermalright. This is because they are one of the best
heatsink companies around and are providing some of the most advanced heatsinks to the
overclocking market. They provide quality heatsinks that have broken many
temperature records and will break temperature records in the future. They
also do all this high performance cooling in style, by designing the coolers
to meet the demands of overclockers who want their systems looking like a
performance machine, not a hunk of junk.
:. Specifications .:
Dimension (mm):
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87 L x 56.4 W x 48 H - Top
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57.5 L x 56.4 W x 48 H - Bottom
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25 L x 56.4 W - Base
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Weight: 505g / 1.1 pounds (no fan)
:. What's inside the box .: -
SLK-800 heatsink (with no fan :) )
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2 Spring Clips
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Thermal Grease
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8 Rubber Support Feet
:. Thermalright SLK-800 .:
The SLK-800 came in a
very basic looking box that is heavy-duty constructed. The first
thing everyone will notice when they purchase the SLK-800 is the weight: 505g of copper must be good for something right? Well we will test is
out later but let me first point out some great features of the SLK-800
that you won't find in your regular sissy heatsink down at your local
computer shop.
The SLK-800 is very
flexible when it comes to choosing your fan size and this is an excelled
idea because the customer can chose the fan they want. This is important because
some people want ultra cool temperatures and they are usually the people
who are already 80% deaf because of the amount of noise their computer
makes. These are the people that don't get bothered by the noise of fans
like the Delta and Ventec Tornado fans.
Then there are those who want good cooling but
aren't willing to put a fan in their case that sounds like a 747 jet
engine. These people would like to use a 70mm or 60mm fan instead of
80mm fan. They can use anyone of those fans without having to purchase
extra items to fit the fan on the SLK-800 heatsink. This is made possible because Thermalright have included 2 spring clips that attach to the
heatsink. On both sides there are holes where the spring clips attach and
there are different holes for different fan sizes to chose from so it's
easy to customize.
The construction of
the SLK-800 is very nicely done and each of those fins you see here is
soldered individually to the copper core and they are very thin but they
do a great job on cooling the hot AMD CPU's.
The most annoying
thing I have noticed when installing the SLK-800 has to be the clip
because it is very rigid and compared to other heatsinks, the SLK-800 was
a bit tedious to install. The screwdriver also slipped off two times and that was
a very
scary situation. I hope Thermalright does something about this problem in their future heatsinks. One great thing about the clip is that it uses the six Socket A
clips. This is great because the last think you need is the smell of
burning plastic because your heatsink broke the plastic Socket A clips and
your AMD has just started on fire.
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