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Date 2005-04-09
Provider: Evercool
Author: GooGeL
Editor: Princess Ammie
Evercool HPC-925
Today the use of aircoolers in most cases heat pipes to help transfer away the heat faster from the bottom of the cooler to the top that the CPU generates; Or they look and work like the HPC-925 that we are reviewing today.
This is the first time I have ever touched on a CPU cooler that uses heat pipes, I would say that this cooler looks a bit scary since it doesn't have any material like copper or aluminum between the base and the top of it, don't you agree?
Well, I think that we can trust on Evercool anyway that this thing will do its job. :) Have fun!
About Evercool:
EVERCOOL is headquartered in Taiwan and has its own factory located in Guang Dong China. This means that you can count on availability, as EVERCOOL warehouse is full of components and ready to ship goods, at all times.
Our China factory occupy approximate 30,000 meters, there are around 1000 employees. Our production line produces about 2.5 million pieces per month at present, which are manufactured in accordance with the approvals of ISO 9001, therefore you can be guaranteed your special request will be completed in the shortest amount of time.
Growing numbers of happy customers such as Hewlett Packard, Acer, FIC..... etc. can weigh our success and growth. It is rely on our steady quality, fast delivery and reasonable price. EVERCOOL provides the very best products of the highest quality which are cost effective and incorporate the latest in technology and technical design. And backed by first class service and support.
We would like to emphasize that we put our entire strengths on the research and improvement of our innovative "PC Thermal Solutions" and ensure you that we do our best to meet the needs of our customers.
Features:
» Three set of heat pipes provides high thermal conductive efficiency and silent environment.
» Heat Pipe with nickel plated and special welding techniques enable seamless connection between fins and pipes.
» All in one design. Compatible with AMD s462/s745/s939/s940, Intel P4 & LGA775.
» Uses 92x92x25cm FAN provides noiseless environment & make highest performance.
» The adjustable fan speed controller enables control of noise and fan performance.
» Can solve the high heat of 150W effectively
Specifications:
Heatsink Dimension: 93 x 93 x 98.5 mm
Base Material: Copper, Aluminium & Heat Pipe
Fan Size: 92 x 92 x 25 mm
Bearing Type: One Ball
Speed: 1500 ~ 2800 RPM
Max Air flow: 30 ~ 60 CFM
Noise Level: 18 ~ 28 dBA
Rated Voltage: 12V
Weight: 950 grams
If you would like to know how heat pipes work etc, click here!
The product:
 
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The package that the cooler comes in is a see through plastic box. You can see the whole cooler through it. We have a little Ice man to the bottom right and there's two different slogans on the package, one that says "More silent! More cool!" I guess that one is for the cooler, and the other slogan is "Keep your system running cool" which you have at the very bottom. On the back of the package we have a stove with a pot cooking some pasta sauce... Errrr, whoops! On the back we can find specifications and features etc printed. :)
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Evercool has squeezed in alot of stuff in this package so if we start from the upper left there we have the HPC-925 cooler itself, then the transparent blue frame with the included 92mm fan already installed, installation manual, a tube with thermal grease, Intel LGA 775 and s478 clips, a fan controller, thumb screws and some other screws which are used for the installation on the various sockets etc. Next we have the AMD s462 clip and the clip for the AMD 754, s939 and s940.
 
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The base of the cooler is made of copper and three long heat pipes are soldered to the base and fasten with 4 screws through another block at the base. There's 54 (I hope that it's correct :P) really thin aluminum fins mounted through the three long heat pipes which help to dissipate the heat. All the three heat pipes and the copper base is nickel plated, it gives a "bling" effect and protection versus corrision etc. In the second picture you can see how much bigger this cooler is versus the boxed cooler that comes with a boxed AMD 64 s939 processor. The width is pretty much the same but the HPC-925 is more than double so high with the frame installed.
 
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Maybe this wasn't the best pictures to see it but the fins are pressed on the heat pipes. They aren't soldered or anything. They won't fall off the heat pipes though if your turn the cooler up side down. You can see how thin the fins really are if you compare it to the one millimetre between the fins. In the second picture we have the top of this cooler where both of the ends of the three heat pipes sticks up. There's also four smaller holes around which are used to fasten the blue transparent frame on the cooler.
 
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The HPC-925 comes with a blue plastic film on so it doesn't get scratched during the transport etc. Don't forget to peel it off before the installation on the CPU. Anyway, the base which is in contact with the cpu which could have been a bit better lapped in my opinion. Buddha was on vacation during this review, if someone wonders! ;)
 
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The transparent blue 92mm fan is pre-installed when it comes to you and there's a Evercool logo on the top of the frame. This is a bit difficult to see from this angle. The frame has seven ventilation holes on each side, and it isn't too complicated to change fan. First you have to screw off the fan grill then you can screw off the fan itself which is fasten with four small screws into the frame. I would leave the fan alone though since it's really quiet at 5-7V and it pushes alot of air at 12V. There's also holes so the heat pipes gets through at the top and holes so you can fasten the frame into the cooler with the included screws.
 
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A picture from the inside of the frame, there's not much to tell! The frame on the fan is blue transparent as I mentioned earlier, the fan blades are silver and the grill is chromed. I don't think that the fan is painted silver as some other companys does, it looks too me that it's plastic which is silver. Looks really great anyhow. The fan is blowing through the cooler, if someone wonders!
 
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The model on this fan is EC9225HH12CA. It's rated at 3.24W , 0.27A at 12V and it's a ball bearing fan. It shouldn't be a problem to connect it to your motherboard. If it would have been rated over 4W I would have recommended you to connect the fan directly to a 4pin > 3pin connector which is connected on one of your 4pin molex connector. The included fan controller gets installed in one of your PCI slots and then you connect the fan to the female 3pin connector and then you connect the 3pin male connector on the fan controller into your motherboard. I don't know exactly which type of voltage the fan gets if the knob is at LOW versus HIGH, I guess that it's between 5-12V though. Unfortunately our example of the fan controller was defect, so I had no chance to really test it!
Time for the installation >>>>> Page 2
Thank you Evercool for making this review possible
Evercool
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