Thermalright SK-6 Review

Thermalright SK-6 Review

SK6

Specs:
Dimension:
L64 x W72 x H31.6 (mm) Top
- L64 x W64 x H31.6 (mm) -- Bottom
Weight:
- 330g

Test System:

VP6

Addtronics W8500 Case

Using Artic Silver II

2x1GHZ PIII clock at 1100mhz

Delta 7200RPM fans

Room temperature was kept at 80f for all testing.

We have seen many copper heatsinks emerge onto the market lately.Many of them perform better than their Aluminum brothers.How much farther can we push air cooling with today's CPUs?

When I first heard about the SK-6 from Thermalright,I thought Oh "another" copper heatsink.Thermalright was nice enough to send us their product for review.Read and see just how it fares.

The first thing I noticed where the small wire clips used to hold the fan on.I was skeptical that they would hold down a 7000Rpm Delta.In the above picture you can see that the clip hook into to small tabs on the base of the heatsink.You then place the fan in the center of the HS and push the top of the clips over the edge of the fane.The SK-6 comes packaged with the heatsink,Wire fan clips,Thermal pad as shown in the picture below.

I must say their attention to detail shows in everything from the Heatsink itself being very well made down to the box it comes in.

One thing I would like to point out to anyone planning to buy an SK-6.Assemble the fan and clips before mounting the heatsink onto your CPU.Even in the cavern of a case I have it was almost impossible to mount the fan clips with the HS installed.They are not easy to attached,It takes a little effort.These fan clips may look flimsy sitting in that box but once attached to the HS and fan they hold tight.The actual HS clip is about the same as most Globalwin clips maybe just a little less pressure.

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