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CoolJag Falcon 92-AL Review

Author: Dennis Garcia

Published: Sunday, June 24, 2007

Conclusion

As the photos have shown this heatsink is pretty big and barely fits on our LANParty motherboard, in fact the Karajan audio module had to be removed else it wouldn’t fit. Keep in mind the DFI LANParty series does have a slightly different layout when compared to other motherboards so its unlikely that this will be an issue on anything but the DFI.

Installation was very straight forward but the mounting screws were difficult to reach except with a very long Phillips screwdriver (tilted at an angle). Performance was exceptional however given the size of this heatsink we would have been surprised had this been anything but. Overclocking performance was decent, we were not able to get our system to run stable at anything over 2.8Ghz, we suspect that if we had control over the heatsink fan this limit could have been pushed further.

For those of you looking for a good OEM alternative the CoolJag Falcon 92 AL might serve your purposes, Cooling was above average and the look is exceptional.

Now for the ever popular list of Good things and Bad things.

Good Things

Better cooling than OEM heatsink
Thermally controlled LED fan
Great styling
Finned heatsink base
Dual installation on 775 or A64

Bad Things

Heatsink is very large
Overclocking performance could be better
Fan is freely mounted
Installed weight is higher than expected. (makes board bendy)

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