Scythe Kozuti Mini-ITX CPU Heat Sink Review

[Bannereus]

Come on manufacturers! DIRECT. CONTACT. HEAT. PIPES.

Totally agree. Unfortunately, I think Xigmatek or somebody has a patent on it.

What about this little copper flower from Zalman? 27mm tall, direct-touch-heatpipe, 80mm fan and a fair shake cheaper than the Scythe; no clue what the 'rated for 120W' performance actually translates to, though
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118142&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

 

[bit_user]

What about this little copper flower from Zalman? 27mm tall, direct-touch-heatpipe, 80mm fan and a fair shake cheaper than the Scythe; no clue what the 'rated for 120W' performance actually translates to, though
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I had a Zalman copper flower on my Pentium 4 and I'll never buy one again. The narrow fin spacing and small, high RPM fan made it so prone to dust clogging that I had to clean it a couple times per year to get rid of the annoying CPU overheating alarms. And I ran at stock clockspeeds, too.