PC Upgrade: Chapter 2 - Heatsink Dejavu

Postal service came through and finally, the CPU-critical accessory arrived - the Cooler Master Hyper N620!

A little history on the heatsinks I used...

Processors come with stock heatsinks. Silly little buggers made of aluminum, quite small, and with a stock fan. Works well for standard applications.


Nagi: "A stock AMD (Athlon) heatsink of old."
Then when the 'PC modding craze' came, copper became the new 'aluminum'. Copper is a better thermal conductor (albeit, more expensive) than aluminum so it is more efficient at transferring heat from the processor.

Some go hybrid and combine both copper and aluminum, usually a copper base, combined with aluminum fins. You get the best of both worlds.


Nagi: "Copper base and aluminum fins for better heat dissipation, like this Swiftech heatsink."
Now, let's see what's in the box. The box itself is big, but sometimes it's just the box.


Nagi: "Support for current processor models, nice!"
However, with the heatsink out, and it's huge twin 120mm fans (that are LED lighted blue), we see how big this awesome piece of hardware really is.


Nagi: "Uwaaahh! HUGE!"
The N620 towers (over Nagi) close to 6.5". A tall and massive heatsink indeed (although there are others out there that are larger...). Good thing is that it isn't that heavy, considering its size.

The package comes with all the extra hardware, like thermal paste, screws, and corresponding motherboard brackets for support during the installation.

I did check the sizing and looks like it clears my case ok. There's always 'Mr. Dremel' to help anyways should I need to trim some parts of the case. ;)

Ok, that's all for this section. We'll get to the start of the actual install in the next blog.

Stay tuned!!