Digital-Daily have thrown up their Pentium 4 Coolers Roundup with Coolers from FSP ,Spire , Glacialtech ,Titan and Intel.
The emergence of first Prescott processors once again revealed that the problem of heat emission is increasingly hampering the rise of clock speeds. To put it right, the major problem is the increased of leakage currents, and the increased heat emission is the consequence of this phenomenon. However, that does not change the fact of the matter: everyone who buys computers in 2004 will face the need for effective cooling.
While the PC enthusiast can afford a cooler at $30-$40, the common user at best puts aside $10 of the budget for a cooler. At the same time, for this money the user would want to get an absolutely noiseless cooling (which is a sensible decision).
Snatching these trends, cooler manufacturers are increasingly focusing on coolers with the variable fan rotational speed. In particular, today we'll be looking into three coolers like these: FSP, Igloo Diamond 4200 and a new version of the "boxed" cooler.
Then - to improve the cooling efficiency, the manufacturers are increasingly using copper and copper alloys. However, don't forget that Pentium 4 already has a copper heat spreader, so it's unlikely to give any essential boost in the cooling efficiency.
Pentium 4 Coolers Roundup Q4'2003
The emergence of first Prescott processors once again revealed that the problem of heat emission is increasingly hampering the rise of clock speeds. To put it right, the major problem is the increased of leakage currents, and the increased heat emission is the consequence of this phenomenon. However, that does not change the fact of the matter: everyone who buys computers in 2004 will face the need for effective cooling.
While the PC enthusiast can afford a cooler at $30-$40, the common user at best puts aside $10 of the budget for a cooler. At the same time, for this money the user would want to get an absolutely noiseless cooling (which is a sensible decision).
Snatching these trends, cooler manufacturers are increasingly focusing on coolers with the variable fan rotational speed. In particular, today we'll be looking into three coolers like these: FSP, Igloo Diamond 4200 and a new version of the "boxed" cooler.
Then - to improve the cooling efficiency, the manufacturers are increasingly using copper and copper alloys. However, don't forget that Pentium 4 already has a copper heat spreader, so it's unlikely to give any essential boost in the cooling efficiency.
Pentium 4 Coolers Roundup Q4'2003
