Author: Brent Earls Date: April 01, 2008 Manufacturer: GlacialTech

Installation » Page 1: Introduction

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Everyone wants a computer that is cool, most of us also want a computer that is quiet. To this end, people have gone to extraordinary lengths to cool their computer while keeping noise levels down, including water cooling and dozens of slow running fans. Several manufacturers also make quiet coolers that are extremely heavy in order to try to dissipate the heat of modern processors. GlacialTech has their own solution to this problem, and was kind enough to send a sample for review.
The Igloo 5750 heatsink is an all in one heatsink supporting both LGA775 and AMD sockets 754, 939, 940, AM2 and F. A picture of the back of the box gives a list of ‘supported’ processors.


The Igloo 5750 heatsink is an all in one heatsink supporting both LGA775 and AMD sockets 754, 939, 940, AM2 and F. A picture of the back of the box gives a list of ‘supported’ processors.


Upon removing the heatsink from the box, the first thing I noticed was that the heatsink was relatively light. This is a nice change of pace from the super-heavy heatsinks that abound in modern times, and makes me feel much more comfortable moving the computer around with the heatsink attached. The two 92mm fans attached to the heatsink are only 20mm thick, much thinner than many fans, and manages to keep the heatsink size relatively small. The upper portion of the heatsink is actually made of aluminum fins, with a shroud covering the sides to display the company name. The plastic cover on the bottom of the heatsink is to protect the applied thermal paste.


When I first saw the bottom of the heatsink I thought it was a solid thermal pad, similar to what Intel uses on their heatsinks, a fact I learned was incorrect as I accidentally touched a corner of it later in usage. According to Glacialtech the thermal compound in use is Denka H7, which testing showed to be a very acceptable compound. Also in this picture you can see the wire that powers the fans is covered in a small piece of tubing which feels similar to heatshrink. The covering is better than exposed wires, but I would have preferred something that fits a little closer to the wires.

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