Coolink Corator DS

Zitat: Good Things: + Dual Tower Design + 8mm Heatpipes + Gapless Direct Contact + Single Center Fan Included Bad Things: - 4 heatpipe design - Limited mass at heatsink base - Need extra clearance for this large heatsink High performance cooling can surprise you at times thus adding some weight to the adage about picture books and their covers. Our first visual impression of the Corator DS was not good. In fact while there is plenty of surface area we felt that overall performance would be hindered by the 4 heatpipe design. Of course our opinion changed after running the numbers. Heatsink installation went incredibly smooth and was rather simple, despite having 3 basic levels to put together. The single set of spring loaded screws on the main retention clip proved to be quite sturdy due in part to the mounts being physically attached to the heatsink instead of floating around. The only downside was having to remove the center fan to gain access to the final set of screws. Overall performance was excellent and our heat tests showed that the Coolink Corator DS had plenty of capacity to spare given that the C/W numbers were identical between the tests. Our biggest concern was actual processor temps under an overclocking load being 8 degrees cooler than an OEM cooler running at stock speeds. Granted this is still considerably good but does indicate the heatsink had started to become saturated and close to reaching its thermal barrier.

Zitat: Pluspunten: + Gemakkelijke installatie (o.a. dankzij SecuFirm2) + Coolink SWiF2-120 ventilator is stil en presteert bovengemiddeld Minpunten: - Geen echte uitblinker gezien zijn prijskaartje (€50,-) De Corator DS blijkt een uitstekende speler in de middenklasse maar is in het algemeen geen uitblinker omdat hij wel het prijskaartje heeft van een CPU-koeler die zich nét in de hogere klasse bevindt. Hij is daarentegen wel vrij stil dankzij de Coolink SWiF2-120 ventilator die toch puike prestaties heeft en een ideale balans tussen power & silence weet te vinden. Dat, en de gemakkelijke installatie dankzij de SecuFirm2 bevestiging maken de Corator DS kanshebber voor vier sterren.

Zitat: Pro: + Enkel og solid montering + God ytelse + Helt fin pris Contra: - Støynivå - Veldig stor i forhold til ytelsen

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Zitat: Pros: + Low noise + SecuFirm 2 mounting + Multi-socket compatibility + Performance + Gapless Direct Touch technology + Size + 5 year warranty Cons: - Size - Single fan - Only four heatpipes The Coolink Corator DS is a heatsink that delivers respectable performance. At stock speeds and voltages, the Corator DS was within two degrees Celsius of the TRUE and Noctua NH-U12P SE 1366 - two high-end coolers in their own right. When compared to the NH-D14 from Noctua, it fell six degrees short. When the CPU is overclocked and over-volted, the gap was five degrees against the NH-U12P, four degrees against the TRUE and then nine degrees against the NH-D14. When you look at performance the Corator DS falls short of the temperatures reached by some of the high-end heatsinks it is compared to. I think one of the things that really holds this heatsink back is the use of a single fan. The NH-D14 shows off its cooling prowess with the use of a second fan and I have no doubt that the Corator DS would show an improvement with an additional fan. This on the other hand, drives up the the noise and costs. As a larger two-tower design heatsink, I really expected a higher level of cooling performance with the use of GDT (Gapless Direct Touch) technology and use of large 8mm heat-pipes. However, it uses only four of these 8mm copper heat pipes, when the rest of the high-end heatsinks are using six to transfer the thermal load up to the fin array. That, combined with the use of only one fan, is most likely is the reason for the gap in performance. The performance is good, just not what my expectations were hoping for, based on the size and construction of this cooler. Installing the Corator DS is as easy as mounting Noctua heatsinks, thanks to the use of Noctua´s SecuFirm 2 mounting kit. Coolink and Noctua fall under the same corporate umbrella, so why not use a tried and proven mounting system? There is no need to reinvent the wheel, when you have already reached the top rung of the evolutionary ladder. You can install this heatsink on any current popular socket style, from AM2 upwards for the AMD crowd and Socket 775 upwards for Intel systems. The single SWiF2-120P fan, while a detriment for the cooling, was a boon for the level of noise that the Corator DS made. At no point in the testing did the level of noise reach a level that I could hear above the rest of the background noise in the test environment. The SWiF2-120P fan is a PWM controlled fan that uses a hydrodynamic bearing and moves a maximum of 74CFM at 27 dBA. The Coolink Corator DS is large enough to keep your CPU cool and quiet enough to keep your ears from for begging for mercy. It does a respectable job of keeping CPU temperatures under control with an easy to use mounting system, included thermal paste and a five-year warranty, all for a price that won´t break the bank.