Cooler Xtreme : Coolers
: Cpu Cooler : Global Win CAK38
Global Win CAK38
Big-ass (you don't mind if I
say "big-ass", do you?) copper heat sink, loud 6800RPM high power 60mm fan,
finger guard, mildly annoying Global Win clip.
Oh well. Can't win 'em all.
Global
Win's CAK38 is not what you'd call a massive innovation in CPU
cooler design, but it doesn't need to be. It's just a simple recipe followed
correctly, down to the somewhat industrial looking but effective enough
spacers between the fan and the heat sink, there to reduce turbulence. The
heat sink is a cast unit which isn't fantastically well made - there are
considerably variations in pin thickness. But that doesn't matter as long
as the base is nice and flat, and it is.
A simple recipe, but not a cheap
one. The CAK38 will set you back $RM175 delivered from Malyasia PC Market.
That's twice the price of a FOP38 .
For your money, though, you
get a cooler that clocks in at 0.56°C/W, about as good as anything else
in this comparison. And if people don't look too closely at the pin widths,
it passes muster in the show-off department as well.
The CAK38 could stand to be
cheaper, but you get serious performance for your money.
