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  Socket A / socket 370 coolers round-up
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Testing Methodology
 
 Date October 03, 2001
 Author Selenty
 Manufacturer various
 Language English, Romanian

Power Cooler PCH-147S

From Power Cooler we have two coolers. I will start with the cooper one. The Power Cooler package is style disappointing: only a Power Cooler logo on the box, no installation guide. But there is a bag with thermal grease inside and two abrasive paper sheets to clean the heatsink base. The heatsink is made entirely from cooper and displays an average manufacturer quality. The fins are soldered on the base quite well and the base is average polished. Not a very heavy heatsink, the main reason being the small size.

The cooler looks interesting, but do not expect to outstanding quality. I presumed the fan is made by Power Color and spins at 5000rpm. This cooler has a very interesting twin blades design which it seemed to play an important role in the noise level reduction. I can not be sure about the rated CFM because we don't have the proper equipment to test it.

The clip can be described as good, can be mounted by hand and by screwdriver. It uses only one hole on every side, but this is not a problem because the heatsink is not large.

Performance tests revealed an average cooler with a decent performance and with a low noise level. I personally suggest this cooler for mid level overclocking. Price is acceptable and that's also an important part.

Best choices are available on the market if you are looking for overclocking entry level coolers. Considering the cooper design this cooler didn't perform too good, many other aluminum coolers were able to do a better job.

 

Test results:

  • max temp: 47C / ambient: 23.9C
  • Common fan rotation speed: 5500rpm
  • Noise level: 52dB(A)
  • Overclocking: POSSIBLE
  • Specifications

    Heat Sink
    Dimension 60*60*35 mm
    Material Cooper
    DC Fan - unknown Powercooler?
    Dimension 70x70x20 mm
    RPM 5000 rpm
    Air Flow max 39.65 CFM
    Noise 39dB (A)
    Support up to
    AMD: Duron ALL
    Athlon 1.7GHz

     

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    Contents
    Inside the article:
    Page 1 Introduction
    Page 2 Test system
    Page 3 AVC 112BJ0
    Page 4 Kanie Hedgehog-294M
    Page 5 Fortis Technology A92
    Page 6 Fortis Technology A102
    Page 7 Thermaltake Dragon ORB 3
    Page 8 Spire 5E34B3-H
    Page 9 Spire 5T060B1H3R
    Page 10 OCZ Gladiator
    Page 11 OCZ Dominator
    Page 12 Zalman CNPS 5001-Cu
    Page 13 Zalman CNPS 3100 Gold
    Page 14 Zalman CNPS 3100 / CNPS 2005
    Page 15 Alpha PAL6035
    Page 16 Alpha PEP66
    Page 17 Thermal Integration Dr. Thermal
    Page 18 Swiftech MC370
    Page 19 Swiftech MC462
    Page 20 Tiger Electronics Miprocool
    Page 21 Power Cooler PCH-147S
    Page 22 Power Cooler PCH-075S
    Page 23 Vantec CCK-6035D
    Page 24 Test results
    Page 25 Performance vs. noise
    Page 26 Conclusions
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