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Old 18-07-12, 08:18 AM
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Alpenfohn K2 Review




Top of the range dual tower heatsink from German manufacturers Alpenfohn but will K2 be a mountain or a molehill?


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Old 18-07-12, 12:32 PM
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thank you GW. yeah, it looked like a contender for the title, too bad the 4.4 test bloodied
the fight, but the nominal usage looks good. the fans are quite different with the 2-tone
feature. thanks again

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some of the older coolers were tested in different cases (wich is ridiculous btw) so i would change the following text, since it's misleading:
"To provide continuity the test set up is as always "

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Benchmark tests were done during case changes and were always within tollerances of each other.

ie: the cases used made no difference from one to another how the heatsink performed.
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This was the test i've been looking for!

I'm kind of surprised to see that the K2 falls behind the "big boys" significantly, while other reviews place it straight above the NH-D14!
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Benchmark tests were done during case changes and were always within tollerances of each other.

ie: the cases used made no difference from one to another how the heatsink performed.

dude, it was just a friendly suggestion, no need to delete my posts, because you ran out of arguments.
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