I would like to thank Bas of spire-coolers for providing us the SkiveStream.
Are you looking to upgrade that stock AMD cooler? Well, spire-cooler's SkiveStream is an inexpensive quality heat sink and fan combination which might be up your alley.
The SkiveStream is manufactured out of aluminum with a copper insert. Included in the package is an AMD approved 60mm fan rated at 22CFM, and tailed with a 3-pin molex connector. Also, it comes with an easy to install and remove 3 lug retention clip. A fan guard is also included, nice touch.
Specifications:
Socket A / 370 Cooling kit
Dimensions Heat sink:
12VDC Fan: 60×62×40 mm (l × w × h)
60×60×10mm
Bearing Ball bearing
Rated speed 4800 RPM +/-10%
Rated power 3.36 W
Noise level 30.0 dBA
Air flow 22.21CFM at 4800 RPM
Current 0.28 A
Life hours Ball: 50.000
Features 3 grip clip, copper base
Connector 3 Pin, main board
Application Intel: Pentium III ~ 1.4 GHz (FC-PGA2)
Pentium III ~ 1.13 GHz (FC-PGA)
Celeron ~ 2.2 GHz (PPGA)
AMD: Athlon MP ~ 2400+ (Thoroughbred)
Athlon XP ~ 2800+ (Thoroughbred)
Athlon XP ~ 2100+ (Palomino)
Athlon ~ 1.4 GHz (Thunderbird)
Duron ~ 1.3 GHz (Morgan)
Thermal resistance 0.541 °C/W
The first thing that had to done to this cooler was to remove that factory thermal gunk tape off the bottom. Once this was accomplished, I applied some Arctic Silver to the CPU. Installation of the heat sink went very smoothly, thanks to the well made 3 lug retention clip.
Test System
AMD XP 2600+ 333 MHz (AIUHB)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe rev 2.0
Corsair PC2700 XMS 512 MEGS
Beantech igloo 7 aluminum case
Maxtor Diamond 9 30 gig harddrive.
Next I started up the computer and fired up Sandra do some testing. Selecting the burn in wizard, I let it run for 30 minutes straight.
The results were quite pleasing over a stock AMD heat sink and fan. Though both had similar idle temperatures, the skivestream managed to reduce the full load temperature by 8 degrees more.
The skivestream is a well made little unit, which should suite the needs of the average users cooling needs. Over-clocking enthusiasts though, will no doubt want more cooling than this cooler could ever handle.
PROS
- Good clip
- Copper core insert
- Quiet
- Comes with a fan guard
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