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Spire SP601B3 VertiCool II™ CPU Cooler Review

Date Published:
05-03-2006

Written By:
Sludge

Edited By:
Diceman

Provided By:
Spire

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Spire SP601B3 VertiCool II™ CPU Cooler

Introduction:

While Spire has been around for some time, they are a new company to me. When I was given the opportunity to review some AMD CPU coolers, I said yes... like I always do. This will be the second CPU cooler that I will be reviewing. Named the VertiCool II, this cooler is copper and aluminum with an UV reactive fan.

Technical Specs

Socket 754 / 940 / 775 / 939 Cooling kit

Dimensions

Heat sink :	95×65×100 mm (l × w × h)
12VDC Fan :	80×80×25 mm

Bearing

Ball bearing

Rated speed

2300 RPM +/-10%

Rated power

1.56 W

Noise level

19.0 dBA

Air flow

25.78 CFM at 2,300 RPM

Current

0.13 A

Life hours

Ball: 50.000

Features

Blue transparent spider fan, 2 heat-pipes, Aluminum Micro-Fin, Copper base

Connector

3 pin, mainboard

Application

Intel :	Celeron D ~ 2.93 GHz (340J)
	Pentium 4 ~ 3.73 GHz (775 Prescott)
	Pentium D ~ 3.4 GHz (775 Dual-Core)
	Pentium EE ~ 3.73 GHz (775 Dual-Core)
AMD :	Athlon 64 ~ 4800+ (K8)
	Athlon 64 FX-51 (K8)
	Athlon 64 FX-53 (K8)
	Athlon 64 FX-55 (K8)
	Athlon 64 FX-60 (K8)
	Opteron ~ 2.6 (K8)
	Sempron ~ 3300+ (K8)

Thermal resistance

0.21 (AMD) & 0.23 (INTEL) °C/W

Thermal type

Stars-420 white grease (Injection tube)

*All Spire CPU cooling products come with thermal compound either pre-applied onto the cooler or in an injection tube. Compound will begin to function at its optimum potential, after a gradual increase in heat-dissipation, approximately 168 hours (7days) after initial application.

A Closer Look:

The package for the VertiCool II was plain and simple; there wasn't even a picture of the product on the box, just a product number. So I popped open the box to get a look at this cooler. At first glance I was pleased with the looks, but looks aren't everything. The VertiCool II comes with mounting brackets that will allow it to be mounted to certain AMD and Intel motherboards.

The construction of the VertiCool II consists of a copper base with 2 heat pipes bent in a U-shape, giving a total of 4 vertical pipes. The heat pipes push through 45 aluminum fins. The fan bracket is blue anodized aluminum that wraps around 3 sides of the cooler, and the fan that is attached is Spire's signature series UV reactant spider fan that is 80mm in size.

Front	Rear w/fan	Heat pipes
protective plastic	Copper Base	Heat pipe sandwich

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