One of the key factors in achieving high overclocks
is by adding a good heatsink. Many of us don’t have a budget
to purchase a water-cooling system so we are stuck with air-cooling
heatsinks. There are quite a few air based heatsinks in the market
but which one to choose is a difficult question. As mentioned
earlier, good heatsink will allow you to get good overclocking
results, which will increase system performance.
CoolerMaster has always introduced quality products
in the market and recently their “Jet” series heatsinks
are getting quite popular amongst enthusiasts. CoolerMaster has
released their premium heatsink for both AMD K7 and Intel Pentium
4 processors. When we reviewed the Jet 7 HSF for AMD processors,
we were discouraged to see the performance. It produced horrible
temperature readings therefore, not getting a recommendation from
us.
We had the opportunity to examine Jet 4, which is
designed for Intel Pentium 4 processors. How will the Jet 4 HSF
perform? Will it produce temperatures as terrible as the Jet 7?
Has the whole premium like of heatsinks from CoolerMaster failed?
Is there still hope for improvement? We tackle these questions
in our latest review of the Jet 4. Read on and find out the ultimatum
of CoolerMaster’s premium and latest line of heatsinks.
Extras:
CoolerMaster included two retention clips for installation,
four screws, two fan controllers (one not shown in the image),
speed knob, thermal paste and an installation guide. As always,
the installation guide was straightforward and easy to follow.
It’s a must read if you are new to installing heatsinks.
This time we didn’t find the popular CoolerMaster
case sticker with our sample, which was odd considering that we
almost always find one in CoolerMaster products. The retention
clips were made out of metal and are used to secure the heatsink
on the processor. CoolerMaster also included a pouch of thermal
paste with the Jet 4 for lower temperatures.
Just like Thermaltake, CoolerMaster is known to
include two fan controllers. One of the controllers is built out
of metal and is installed in an expansion slot. Second fan controller
used aluminum as it’s basic structured material and can
be installed in a 3.5” drive bay. The speed control knob
is also made out of aluminum and installs in the center of each
controller.
