Nexus PPR-1030 -- Review Candidate?

Steve Rosenthal · Post by **Steve Rosenthal** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:45 pm

I hadn't seen this Nexus PPR-1030 before. New?

It's got me wondering whether or not it would be overkill on my lil' ol' P4 2.8. I'd swap fans with the my 3600, which runs at a pretty constant 2600 RPMs.

I can't find weight specs on it though.

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sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Wed May 19, 2004 7:02 pm

48dBA at 55C can't be that good for SPCR quiet, though I imagine it's a good deal quieter than the stock HSF. 19dB at 20C is reasonable, but no one has their case temps at 20C unless it's really cold indoors. Assuming the dBA scales linearly, you'd probably be looking at 30dBA for a full Prescott, and something lower than that for a normal P4.

Judging from Nexus's previous Heatsink offerings, I imagine that the weight will be within (or very close to) Intel's weight specifications.

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Thu May 20, 2004 6:18 am

I doubt it could be anywhere near as effective and the Zalman 7000, or one of the Thermalright heatsinks. It's cooling fin area is small, and has a 70mm x 15 mm fan, which won't flow much air and will certainly be noisier than the Z7000 fan or any decent 80/92mm fan that you could fit on one of the Thermalrights. All it looks like is a gussied up version of a low-profile rackmount CPU cooling fan.

Personally, unless space is a prime consideration for your HSF, I'd go with the $30 Zalman 7000AlCu, a quiet, well-proven P4 HSF.