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Eumax B605-02 Heatsink
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Conclusion
Given the benchmark numbers you might ask yourself who does this cooler appear to be built for?
Mild overclocking can be attained with the B605 but most overclockers and hardware enthusiasts will agree that the poor C/W rating and 70x70x15 fan are not good choices for top of the line equipment.
Workstation techs will like how quiet this heatsink is which is important if you are trying to keep the office from sounding like a server room.
The lower profile also makes the cooler a good candidate for larger rack mounted server farm machines, but might also be pushing the limits.
The average user that just wants to surf the web, play some Diablo and/or download pr0n will like heatsink very much. It is lightweight so there is no fear of CPU core cracking during those frequent computer moves. Fan noise is at a minimum so you won't be keeping the neighbors up, and it's not really that expensive. iocombo.com has them in stock for less than 14 dollars (as of this writing)
During this review I was told that Eumax technical support is gearing up to release this heatsink with an even quieter variable speed fan for those that really need it quiet to think. This fan is said to spin at 3200rpm max and would in turn lower the heatsink rating from 2800+ to 2600+, something to keep in mind for those lower speed systems.
Mild overclocking can be attained with the B605 but most overclockers and hardware enthusiasts will agree that the poor C/W rating and 70x70x15 fan are not good choices for top of the line equipment.
Workstation techs will like how quiet this heatsink is which is important if you are trying to keep the office from sounding like a server room.
The lower profile also makes the cooler a good candidate for larger rack mounted server farm machines, but might also be pushing the limits.The average user that just wants to surf the web, play some Diablo and/or download pr0n will like heatsink very much. It is lightweight so there is no fear of CPU core cracking during those frequent computer moves. Fan noise is at a minimum so you won't be keeping the neighbors up, and it's not really that expensive. iocombo.com has them in stock for less than 14 dollars (as of this writing)
During this review I was told that Eumax technical support is gearing up to release this heatsink with an even quieter variable speed fan for those that really need it quiet to think. This fan is said to spin at 3200rpm max and would in turn lower the heatsink rating from 2800+ to 2600+, something to keep in mind for those lower speed systems.
The Good Things
3 prong retention system
Lightweight copper cooler
Quiet 70mm fan
Simple design
Good price point
Lightweight copper cooler
Quiet 70mm fan
Simple design
Good price point
The Bad Things
Guide for retention clip can hinder installation
Relatively hot operation with faster processors
50% of heatsink usable area is ineffective
Lack of fan shroud
Relatively hot operation with faster processors
50% of heatsink usable area is ineffective
Lack of fan shroud
Ninjalane Rating
I would like to thank iocombo for helping to make this review possible.
