AnandTech have thrown up their review of Monarch's Hornet Pro: SFF! Here's a snip.
Unlike a lot of SFF manufacturers, Monarch outfits the Hornet Pro with a standard HSF (Heatsink and Fan). This is in contrast to heatpipe solutions from most other SFF manufacturers, or some variation of that cooling technology. However, using the stock HSF actually isn't too unusual for an LGA775 SFF system, at least the handful that we've encountered. Remember, the force being applied to a Socket 775 Prescott CPU isn't coming from the HSF nearly as much as it used to with Socket 478 Prescotts.
The force being applied onto the CPU is coming mostly from the retention clip mechanism on the new LGA775 socket itself. That clip, in combination with a stock HSF cooler, is enough to properly dissipate the heat produced by the CPU. It's mind boggling how hot these 0.09-micron Prescotts could have been without a new socket infrastructure, as we were told the "old" way of dissipating heat isn't nearly as good as the retention clip way of dissipating heat. Thankfully, due to the D925XBC motherboard's BIOS fan speed control options, it was also very easy to get the processor fan to spin at a very low noise level.
Monarch Hornet Pro: "SFF" meets PCI Express, DDR2
Unlike a lot of SFF manufacturers, Monarch outfits the Hornet Pro with a standard HSF (Heatsink and Fan). This is in contrast to heatpipe solutions from most other SFF manufacturers, or some variation of that cooling technology. However, using the stock HSF actually isn't too unusual for an LGA775 SFF system, at least the handful that we've encountered. Remember, the force being applied to a Socket 775 Prescott CPU isn't coming from the HSF nearly as much as it used to with Socket 478 Prescotts.
The force being applied onto the CPU is coming mostly from the retention clip mechanism on the new LGA775 socket itself. That clip, in combination with a stock HSF cooler, is enough to properly dissipate the heat produced by the CPU. It's mind boggling how hot these 0.09-micron Prescotts could have been without a new socket infrastructure, as we were told the "old" way of dissipating heat isn't nearly as good as the retention clip way of dissipating heat. Thankfully, due to the D925XBC motherboard's BIOS fan speed control options, it was also very easy to get the processor fan to spin at a very low noise level.
Monarch Hornet Pro: "SFF" meets PCI Express, DDR2
