Gigabyte 3D Rocket-Pro Cooler PCU22-VG (4)
Bluetooth 2 Aug 2004

Results

We did a simple test to the heatsink by monitoring the temperature using a EPoX 8RDA6+ Pro mainboard with its diagnostic program USDM (Unified System Diagnostic Manager) supplied in the CDROM running a AXP3200+ at SPD 512M

Here are our readings running the CPU with Super PI 16M tests which lasted throughout the afternoon with an ambient temperature of around 28 Deg Celsius.

In our tests, we compared it with the Scythe Samurai heatsink.

Gigabyte Rocket 3D

Scythe Samurai

As we can see from the temperature readings after running the SuperPI 16M tests, with the cooler running at maximum, the idle temperature drops by around 4 deg Celsius. The interesting temperature reading is that after SuperPI, the temperature recorded is 45 Deg Celsius. At the minimum of 2376 RPM, the max temperature reading we get is 46 Degree Celsius.

At 3835rpm, we can hear a bit of noise from the heatsink. Setting it the Low of 2376RPM, it is exceptionally quiet. In fact, my Radeon 9700pro fan is noisier than the fan from the heatsink.

Conclusion

Rocket-Pro Cooler PCU22-VG is definitely one of its kind cooler which is designed for all platforms. Not only that, it has a duct which helps to direct the air flow to cool the mosfets and components near the heatsink. A further comparison with commonly used heatsinks, this cooler performs on par or even better than some of the huge heatsinks in the market.

One of the things we noticed is that the documentation is still in black and white. The multilingual manual helps but the photos are too small. Colour photos could have been better.

Overall, a one heatsink for all platforms and a nice rocket design wins our recommended award for this heatsink which performs on par if not better than other heatsinks.

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