Alpenfohn K2 Review

[tinytomlogan]

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


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[airdeano]

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

airdeano

[tinytomlogan]

Originally Posted by ELO

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 "

-Best Regards

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.

[1355970]

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!

[ELO]

Originally Posted by tinytomlogan

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.