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

Fortis Technology A92

Fortis Technology have a complete cooling line which claims to be designed for overclockers. We have two coolers in this roundup: A92 and A102A. Both coolers are special because not many coolers can be proud with such a quality package like Fortis Technology box. You can find inside a fully assembled cooler, a syringe with Silver grease and a small owners manual.
The A92 heatsink is not very large but consists in a lot of blended aluminum foils on a cooper base. The heatsink displays a quality manufacturing, but I can not tell that I totally approve the design used to hold the foils. The base is also quite smooth.

The fan used is good quality, Young Lin Tech DFC606512D showed at impressive 7000rpm combined with a noise level of 55db(A). We were unable to measure the air flow in the roundup, but the specs reveal a 36CFM moving power. The fan is screwed to a plate, so the fan removal and the installation of a powerful one is possible. However we do not recommend this for A92.

The clip is one of the best in this roundup, with only one hole, but with a hand driven mechanism easy to use. Once again I didn't see this cooler on AMD approved list, but it is recommended by the manufacturer for Athlon running up to 1.6Ghz.

The cooler didn't perform very good in our roundup, in fact it was in the last half of the list. But the value is still high due to its cost, after all 48C is not so bad. A major plus for this cooler is the included thermal interface which can be used for many times.

You can use this cooler for overclocking with all AMD CPUs currently on the market, but take care that there are other solutions with a better performance. For the average user the cooler may be a little too noisy for the performance provided. In conclusion an intermediate product.

 

Test results:

  • max temp: 47C / ambient: 23.3C
  • Common fan rotation speed: 7050rpm
  • Noise level: 55dB(A)
  • Overclocking: POSSIBLE
  • Specifications

    Heat Sink
    Dimension 63*63*30 mm
    Material Aluminum Alloy 1050 Cooper base
    Total Weight 295g
    DC Fan - Young Lin Tech DFC606512D
    Dimension 60x60x65 mm
    RPM 7000 rpm
    Air Flow 36 CFM
    Noise 43dB (A)
    Support up to
    Intel: Celeron ALL
    PentiumIII Coppermine 1.5GHZ
    AMD: Duron ALL
    Athlon 1.6GHz

     

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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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