Akasa Silver Mountain Heatsink

The base of the Silver Mountain is like the rest of the sink, gorgeous.  Some small imperfections are present but nothing of any substance.  No lapping needed here.  Here is another sink you can shave in if need be.

The clip seems to be the standard clip you will find on most quality heatsinks.  Three small pieces of metal form a catch of sorts so that the clip can be pried on and off with a screw driver.  Utilizing the clip during installation gave us no surprises.   

The fan perched atop the Silver Mountain is a Delta EH.  This baby turns 6,800 RPM while moving 37.6 CFM at a deafening 46.5 dba.  Akasa saw fit to attach a finger guard on to the fan to keep all your wandering digits where they are supposed to be.  But 46.5 decibels!  Break out the ear plugs!  We can’t complain about this because most all performance heatsinks utilize high spinning Deltas and their characteristic whine. 

Specifications

• AMD Socket A Thunderbird up to 1.7GHz
• Intel FC-PGA up to 1.2GHz
• Dimensions (Heatsink): 60 x 60 x 35mm  
• Material: Copper construction encased in Silver
• Fan System: Delta EH 60 x 60 x 25mm fan
• Fan Speed: 6,800 RPM 
• Air Flow: 37.6CFM per fan
• Noise Level: 46.5 dBa 
• Connector: Three pin 

Performance

For comparison, we are going to use our Vantec CCK-6035.  With the popularity of the Vantec CCK, it makes an excellent comparison heatsink to give you some perspective on our test results.

Now our cursory statement…

No two systems will perform identically, or for that matter, there will be variations within a single system to some degree depending on several factors.   Hence our results may end up being a little better or a little worse than the results you may get in your own box.

All measurements were obtained by a thermal probe mounted on the top of the silicon of the chip so that the probe tip touches the CPU core.  Our load temperatures were attained by running the CPU stability tester program for thirty minutes.  The reported results are the average of three runs per product.  Arctic Silver thermal goop was used as our interface material in all tests.  Ambient room temperature was 76 degrees Fahrenheit and at no time did this base temperature deviate more than 0.5 degrees F.   

Test Bed

• AMD Thunderbird 1.4GHz @ 1.75 volts 
• ABIT KT7A Mainboard 
• 256 megs Infineon PC133 SDRAM
• VisionTek GeForce2 GTS 
• Quantum Fireball 7.6gb HDD - 5,400rpm  
• Cooler Guys Windtunnel IV case (all case fans except lower front fan disconnected.)

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