Written: 7/11/99
Written by:
Moto Racer®
One of the best coolers on the market today
is Global Win's VEK 12 (Soon to be called the VEK 32). It's low price and really
great performance has made it a favorite among overclockers. The problem with it
is Global Win never designed the VEK 12 to work with a Celeron CPU.
Global Win's Celeron CPU cooler is call the
FAB 28. It's a small fin cooler with two 50mm fans on it. You can buy it for
$20.50 US ($29.99 Canadian) from
AMK
Services. However, for the same price AMK Services will sell you a much
higher performing VEK 12.
There are many good reasons for using the VEK
12 on a Celeron. The first is that it will out perform any Celeron coolers in
its price range. The only cooler that is better is the Alpha P125, but that
sells for over 2 times more money. For the price, you can't beat the VEK 12.
The VEK 12 gets its great performance by its
sheer size, it's much bigger than the FAB28, and number of pin fins (260) the
heatsink use. The FAB 28 has 21 fins by comparison. The VEK 12 fan's are nearly
2.5 times more powerful than the fans used by the same priced FAB 28.
Converting a VEK 12 from Pentium II cooler to
Celeron cooler takes more work than converting it to a P3 cooler but it's worth
the trouble in my opinion. All you need to do is look at the FAB 28 and VEK12
side by side and you'll know which one is better.
So, exactly how did I get a VEK 12 to work
with a Celeron? Go to the next page and find out.
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