OCZ Gladiator Max heatsink

Comments

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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 1:45pm MAGIC looks like the same mounting as the vindicator. i was never a fan.
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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 2:57pm BuddyJ I'd love to see this heatskink tested with a real mounting kit.
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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 3:53pm Leonardo It looks very much like the OCZ Vendetta II that I have, which is mounted on a Q6600 overclocked to 3.5GHz (stock 2.4GHz). The Vendetta II also has the Intel push-twist pin mounting system. It actually works well, but caused a bit of worry for me when I first mounted it. It would seem the push-pin mounting system would be easier. Well, not really. I still had to remove the motherboard from the case. I did not trust the pushpins to be in place snugly unless I could look at both sides of the motherboard. The reviewer of the Gladiator thought that maybe the mounting pressure was not adequate with his test setup. I'm sure just a little bending of the mounting bracket would fix that. In my experience, probably the majority of mounting brackets for high-end heatsinks need a little modification, either through shims or through bending the brackets a little.
   
   The Vendetta II performs very well, almost neck-and-neck with my lapped TRUEs.
   
   Concerning the review: 1) very readable, 2) lacking detail/depth concerning heatsink instalation, 3) garbage photography (they use a camera phone?).
   
   My intent was not to change the topic of this thread from one heatsink to another. It just really looks like there's not much difference between the reviewed OCZ Gladiator Max and the OCZ Vendetta II, which I can highly recommend.
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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 3:59pm BuddyJ I've seen a few other reviews of this heatsink that compare it to a larger spectrum of models on the market. Quite a few have put it up against the Vendetta 2, and each time it seems to fall just short of it. Perhaps the GMax's different fins are the culprit, or there are inconsistencies in mount pressures when using the pushpins.
   
   I've got the Xigmatek back plate mount kit now. If I ever get a chance to do some heatsink reviews on my forthcoming Intel test rig, it's something I'd like to try using with pushpin mount coolers.
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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 4:16pm Leonardo Interesting topic in and of itself - accessory backplates. I've wondered if I could get better performance out my pushpin-mounted heatsinks - Vendetta II and Sunbeamtech Core Contact Freezers. It might be such an undertaking that I would spend the money for the kits, take most of the day to disassemble and reassemble three computers, only to find that the affected CPUs attained negligible cooling improvement. Actually, with respect to mounting pressure, the pushpin mounts on my VII and CC Freezers are better than the unmodified backplate-mounted TRUES I'm running.
   
   My advice to anyone mounting a heatsink with pushpins, stock Intel or aftermarket: test the integrity of the mount throughly with the motherboard out of the computer. It's very easy to think the pushpins are synched firmly in the board's mounting holes, when they are not secure at all. That's really my only gripe about pushpins.
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   30 Oct 2008 ~ 4:21pm BuddyJ I'll test my Xigmatek that way if you like Leo. I just need a CPU and DDR3 and the system is ready to be assembled.
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   14 Nov 2008 ~ 11:39am BuddyJ Hardware Canucks reviews the Gladiator Max:
   http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/11651-ocz-gladiator-max-cpu-cooler-review.html
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   25 Nov 2008 ~ 11:38am BuddyJ Overclockers Online:
   http://www.overclockersonline.net/?page=articles&num=2191
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   11 Apr 2009 ~ 11:08am BuddyJ Guru3D:
   http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-gladiator-max-review-test/
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    13 Apr 2009 ~ 8:16pm BuddyJ t-break:
    http://www.tbreak.com/2009/04/ocz-gladiator-max/