Glaciator II HSF

Manufacturer: Millennium Thermal Solutions
Supplied by: Millennium Thermal Solutions
Price: $33.75

by Dean Barker  (10/30/2001)

Introduction

When the Kanie Hedgehog made its appearance several years ago, copper heatsinks were a rare and novel thing.  Now it seems that most performance heatsinks are either made of copper or are inlaid with copper.  Let’s face it, copper heatsink are geared toward the high end purist.  And a rare thing it is to find a copper cooler that does not sport the high pitched whine of a Delta fan.  Is there a compromise of having a copper heatsink and not getting Tinnitus?  It seems that the people over at Millennium Thermal Solutions have been thinking about the same thing.  The Millennium Glaciator II makes a stab of mixing high performance copper heatsinks and tolerable fans.  The big question is can they pull it off.  We want to thank the good folks over at Millennium Thermal Solutions for sending over their newest product, the Glaciator II for us to play with.

The Glaciator II was of course preceded by the Glaciator I.  While we never reviewed that product here, I do recall other reviews of it.  The big concern with the original Glaciator was it having a severe weight problem.  Copper isn’t particularly light and the Glaciator weighed in at 710 grams.  Its successor isn’t exactly a weight watchers poster child, but it is a bit lighter than its older brother, coming it at 615 grams.  There are several high weight sinks out there.  The Swiftech MC-462 and the Alpha PAL8045 come to mind right off.  However, these cooling products utilize a mainboard mounting method through the four holes around the socket that most (but not all) mobos have.  The Glaciator II uses a standard clip which made me more than a bit nervous.  We’ll get to the sink’s installation in a minute.  Let's take a look at this bad boy. 

We discussed in the opening about sound levels.  Millennium Thermal has strapped on a 5,700 RPM fan that moves 29 CFM at 36dBA on the Glaciator II.  Not exactly quiet but still a nice decrease from the Hoover like sounds we have to deal with from a Delta.  Another point about the fan is that it is enclosed within the heatsink.  Most fans are straight forward 60x60x25mm that are screwed on top of the sink.  The Glaciator’s fan resembles the type of fans seen on a lot of Thermaltake products.  The fan is held in place by the sink being cut to fit the fan’s base and a piece of double sided tape between the bottom of the fan and the sink itself.  If you are so inclined, the fan can be removed and a Black Label Delta can be strapped on top.  While we didn’t do that in this review, this is something we definitely will be doing another time. 

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