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Spire 5R265B1H3 SkiveStream
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Spire 5R265B1H3 SkiveStream |
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Supplied By:
Spire |
| Written By:
Rich |
| Price: $12.00 |
| Written:
1/24/2003 |
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The world of CPU coolers is completely overwhelming. I think I have
used over 100 CPU coolers in the last 3 years just trying to get that
extra 10Mhz out of whatever I was trying to push to the limit. I have
seen some good and bad tries at perfection. This review isn't about
that. It's about a cooler that is effective in the everyday system and as
quiet as anything I have ever heard. I am looking at Spires part
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I will be testing this cooler against the Dynatron DC1206BM. This has
been my cooler of choice for some time now but it comes with a tall
6000 RPM fan and it can be a load at times. Unlike the Dynatron cooler
the Spire cooler is not solid copper but it does have a copper center.
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Below is the cooler I
will be using as a comparison. |
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Here is the Spire cooler's stats From
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Socket A / 370 Cooling kit
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Dimensions |
Heat sink : 60×62×40 mm (l × w ×
h) 12VDC Fan : 60×60×10mm |
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Bearing |
Ball bearing |
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Rated speed |
4800 RPM +/-10% |
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Rated power |
3.36 W |
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Noise level |
30.0 dBA |
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Air flow |
22.21CFM at 4800 RPM |
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Current |
0.28 A |
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Life hours |
Ball: 50.000 |
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Features |
3 grip clip, copper base
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Connector |
3 Pin, mainboard |
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Application |
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Intel : |
Pentium III ~ 1.4 GHz
(FC-PGA2) |
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Pentium III ~ 1.13 GHz (FC-PGA) |
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Celeron ~ 2.2 GHz (PPGA) |
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AMD : |
Athlon MP ~ 2400+
(Thoroughbred) |
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Athlon XP ~ 2800+
(Thoroughbred) |
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Athlon XP ~ 2100+ (Palomino) |
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Athlon ~ 1.4 GHz (Thunderbird) |
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Duron ~ 1.3 GHz (Morgan) |
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Thermal resistance |
0.541 °C/W |
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Thermal type |
T725 |
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Here are the system specs |
- AMD Athlon 2000+
- ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
- 512Mb PC-3200 (2X 256)
- Aluminum case w/ 3 case fans
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Here are some shots of the Coolers packaging. The cooler came in a
nicely decorated box and inside it had protective pieces of plastic on
the top and bottom. |
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I really liked the quality of this
cooler. It has a three prong clip and ball bearing fan. The heat sink
itself has a copper center. I have found this to be more effective
than a solid copper heat sink. Below are some photos of the cooler.
The cooler comes with some factory thermal tap on the bottom but I
hate using this stuff. Not only is it ineffective but it makes a mess
of the CPU. However, with a fingernail and goo-gone, the thermal tape
will come right off. The following are some tests that I ran. |
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The spire cooler surprised me when it
pulled scores that were equal with the dynatron. Even though the
two coolers reached the same temperature, you could not hear the Spire
cooler over the case fans, while the Dynatron cooler wined over everything. In
my book the Spire cooler is the way to go. Check out the graph below
to see the temperatures both coolers reached. |
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I give this cooler an A+ for all stock
or mildly overclocked CPU's. The fact that it can provide the same
temperatures as the Dynatron without the noise makes me like this
cooler for the everyday system. |
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Pro's |
- 3 Prong clip
- Ball bearing fan
- High Quality
- Great efficiency
- Great looks
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Con's |
- Probably not the cooler for the
heavy overclocker
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