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CoolJag JVC682A K8 Heatsink Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Sunday, July 18, 2004
Conclusion
I mentioned before how the JVC682A heatsink from CoolJag wasn't designed to be a super high-performance item and the design and benchmarks have proved this to be true. This is not necessarily a bad thing does mean that overclockers will want to change a few things to attain the best performance. Some things are easy to fix while others are inherent to the design.
I have been a huge fan of hybrid heatsinks for quite a number of years and have discovered that copper usage is very important in making the heatsink work properly. As we know copper is great for moving heat from one place to another but the cooling interface needs to be designed to complement the usage. Typically flat copper plates are not a high-performance solution.
Design considerations aside cooling performance was better than the retail solution in both temperature and fan RPM meaning that proper cooling and fan noise will not be an issue.
Now for the ever popular list of Good things and Bad things.
The Good Things
Skived fin heatsink design
Powerful thermally controlled fan
Copper base
Commonly used attachment mechanism
Powerful thermally controlled fan
Copper base
Commonly used attachment mechanism
The Bad Things
Minimal performance increase over retail heatsink
Heatsink clip was rather difficult to install and remove.
Heatsink clip was rather difficult to install and remove.
Ninjalane Rating
I would like to thank CoolJag for helping to make this review possible.
