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A
big thank you to Dave at QuietPC who provided this
sample for review
A
close examination of the cooler itself reveals a few
issues that both give me hope for the noise aspect,
but concern for performance... Good news first.
The
good news...The fan is mounted with a rubbery
glue rather than screws. This is to keep vibration
to a minimum which should add to the silence that
is one selling feature of this cooler.
The
Questionable... One thing I’m not sure of is
why the name “Copper Silent” since only the base is
copper.
The
concern... The base appears to be soldered onto
the main body of the heatsink itself which is made
of a coarse, lightweight aluminum. The specs say that
they use tin solder which aids in heat transfer. I
sure hope the soldering job doesn’t affect heat transfer
as it looks fairly rough. There are even a couple
of small gaps in the joint.
Nitpicking...
The base is very rough as well; performance freaks
will want to lap this down a bit to ensure gap-free
contact with the CPU. The ridges are not only noticeable
from the fingernail test (a proven method that we
have developed here at 3DV) but they are visible to
the naked eye. It seems that a little more attention
to detail (or better QA) is in order for future production
to avoid sloppy solder and rough bases.
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