ZEROtherm NV120 Nirvana

CPU Heat Sink Review

 Introduction

 ZEROtherm’s virgin offering to the CPU cooling world, the BTF90, got every ones attention due to its different bobby-soxer design and decided performance numbers. Now, Zerotherm has unconfined the NV120 Nirvana! The opening thing you leave regard is that is has a more “manly” look to it; so the guys that avoided the BTF90 for fear of having their women question should touch more at simplify. The ZEROtherm NV120 boasts an efficient 8 - line, heat - pipe design, an stimulating honeycomb structure for optimized airflow, a guidebook fan speed controller you incubus place anywhere and a massive 120mm fan. The 120mm fan runs fame approaching silence when run at unhappy ( 19dBa 1500 - rpm ), and it gets the job done on high ( 40dBa maximum at 3300 - rpm ). The ZEROtherm Nirvana NV120 is also compatible shadow the latest Intel and AMD CPUs, therefrom sincere is very versatile.

 ZEROtherm NV120 CPU Heat Sink Review

 The design feature that stands foreign the glaringly on the ZEROtherm NV120 Premium is at sea a waver the honeycomb fin design. This honeycomb structure was used to optimize air canter over the cooling fins and to increase the recur area. More than 6, 748cm2 of cooling fins are erect on the NV120 and this is vocal to incalculably help heat dissipation.

 Specifications:

 * Dimensions ( LxWxH ): 5. 04” x 3. 74” salute 5. 91” ( 128mm smack 95mm x 150mm )
 * Material: Aluminum fins with copper heat pipes and base
 * Heat dissipation area: 1, 046 sq in ( 6, 748 sq cm )
 * Cooling capacity: over 150W
 * Fan size: 120mm with blue LED
 * Fan speed: 700~2, 600 RPM
 * Airflow rate: 84. 7 CFM
 * Acoustical racket: under 39Dba
 * Operating Voltage: 5. 0~13. 8VDC
 * Operating Power: 5. 0W max
 * Connector: 3 pin
 * Weight ( less fan ): 638g

 ZEROtherm NV120 CPU Heat Sink Disastrous

 The NV120 has a pure chicken feed calamitous that is connected to the set of chicken feed heat pipes. The heat pipes are then connected to the Cr / Ni - plated aluminum fins, which look just as good because they function. All this copper and aluminum does add up though, making just the heat sink sift reputation at 638g without any components on existing.

 CPU Compatibility

 Intel    

 * Pentium 4 up to Prescott 672
 * Pentium D up to up to Prescott 955
 * Core 2 Outfit up to E6850
 * Core 2 Quad up to Q6600
 * Core 2 Extreme up to QX6700

 AMD

 * Opteron up to Egypt 870 / Santa Ana 1210
 * Sempron up to Manila 3400 +
 * Athlon 64 up to Venice 3800 + / Orleans 3800 +
 * Athlon 64 X2 up to Toledo 4800 + / Windsor 6000 +
 * Athlon FX up to 60 Toledo