14 DAY TRIAL // Even though every consumer-oriented central processing unit is sold in a bundle with its very own cooler, there are many makers of so-called custom coolers, and Deepcool Industries has just unleashed one of its more high-profile and recent models.
Air coolers for central processing units (CPUs) come in may shapes and sizes, and they also are built out of various materials.
Some focus on using nickel, while other employ differing quantities of highly-conductive copper, which may or may not be nickel-plated itself.
Based on these factors, such a component will end up with a specific price point and, thus, appeal on whatever market segment it happens to be aimed at.
What Deepcool Industries decided upon in this case was a design that uses copper exclusively, at least as far as the non-moving parts are concerned.
In other words, the base plate, heatpipes and fins were all made of the same red metal known for having a very high heat conductivity.
The polished copper base draws the heat out of the chip, heat which is then led away from it through six heatpipes.
Said heatpipes relinquish the caloric energy to the heatsink itself, which is composed of 55 copper fins, so that the heat may be dissipated as effectively as possible.
Finally, a 120mm fan blows the heat away at a rotary speed of between 800 and 1,800 RPM (rotations per minute).
For those interested in such things, the fan comes with a blue LED and has a maximum sound output of 31.8 dBA, mostly thanks to the rubber buckles that lower vibration.
Deepcool made the Killer Whale Premium compatible with not just Intel LGA 1366 and 775 CPUs, but also with AM3, AM2 and AM2+ central processors from Advanced Micro Devices.
Those that plan on buying one of these creatures will have to pay 67 Euro for it.