Written
: 9/22/99
Written by: Moto®
Price: $16.99 US ($24.99 Canadian)
AMK SECC80 Supplied by:
AMK Services
The AMK SECC80 is the first heatsink to be
sold under the AMK label, and what a good choice too. This is one of the best
heatsink for Pentium III and SECC2 PII I've ever tested.
The 80 in the SECC80 stands for the size of
the fan used on this cooler; 80mm. While it looks big and impressive, the fan
really isn't that powerful. It moves only 8 cubic feet of air per minute. Many
50mm fan can do more than that. The upside to this is that it's super quiet
because the fan doesn't spin very fast.
Size wise, the SECC80 is the same height and
length as Global Win's VES20 or TennMax TF coolers. However the SECC80 is twice
as deep. It's like taking 2 Global Win VES20 or TennMax TF and sticking them
together!
The SECC80 has slots cut into both ends of
the heatsink like the Global Win and TennMax units. This aids in the cooling of
the L2 cache in the Pentium II/III CPU. While the L2 slots are a good idea, the
fact that the fan that comes with the SECC80 is so weak it makes the slots less
than useful.
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