Antec Performance CPU Cooler - Antec Performance CPU Cooler Details
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The heatpipes are pretty average in size; a quarter on the top of the heatsink shows just how small this cooler really is.
Antec has designed their performance CPU cooler just like most companies designed their high end, heatpipe aided tower heatsinks. Antec uses a dual heatpipe design to pump heat away from the base of the heatsink through four heatpipes, and dissipate the heat to aluminum fins, which are directly cooled by a smaller 70mm fan.
The base of the heatsink is very thin. Directly over the processors die will be the heatpipes; the cooler also has small dense fins for radiating air from around the Integrated heatspreader of the CPU.
The base of the cooler is constructed of relatively thin aluminum, with the heatpipes soldered in place directly over the CPU. The outermost edges of the base have fins to dissipate heat caught in the Integrated Heat spreader that has not been transferred to the heatpipes.
The heatsink is still very small compared to a quarter. Since it operates with a 70mm fan, there is really no need to have a taller heatpipe. It would also increase the weight of the cooler.
Once the heat is transferred from the base, it's carried along by the heatpipe. The heatpipe runs vertically away from the motherboard, and significantly reduces the heat surrounding the motherboard. The cooler has 35 fins that run parallel to the motherboard. With the 70mm fan, heat trapped is efficiently radiated away and is pushed toward the rear of the chassis.
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