It's been only a few months since Athlon 64 CPU's were introduced,
CPU cooler manufactures are coming out with their various solutions
to cater to the high end performance seekers. Alpha is no newcomer
to the CPU cooler industry. A few days back we looked at one of their
high end coolers for AMD Athlon/Athlon XP platforms. Click
here if you missed this review
Alpha primarily caters to the high-end market segment, where the users
try to cram every single MHz they can get from their system. As such,
the products Alpha produces are of top quality and so far have met
their target markets' expectations. Today we'll be looking at one
of Alpha's newest releases, the PAL 8150T Athlon64FX/64 cooler.
There are 3 versions of the PAL 8150, all three varying only by the
cooling fan offered. The version we're reviewing today is the PAL
8150T, and this model does not come with a cooling fan directly from
Alpha. However, since Alpha does not directly sell to end users, all
their distributors include a high powered fan when selling it.
The PAL 8150T comes complete with all the required accessories for
proper assembly. There are two sets of fan screws provided, one for
15mm fans and the other for 25mm thick fans. One thing to note when
attaching a fan to the PAL 8150T is that you need to attach it so
that the fan sucks the air out from the cooler, rather than the common
way where air is blown into the cooler. Tests have proven that this
method provides better cooling performance on the Alpha 8150T.
