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LSCool LSHS-X500 CPU Cooler for P4 S478 and AMD A64 Review

Cooling/CPU Cooling by SidneyWong @ 2005-07-26

Here is a new Company into CPU cooling promising a low profile application using copper/heatpipe technology plus light weight in a traditional way. The design utilizes three heat pipes and copper fins. Let?s find out how it performs.

Installation & test setup

Installation and Test:

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A close up look of the heat pipes extending far beyond the fins.

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Mounting clip for standard P4 Heatsink retention bracket, the right side engages into the bracket slot while the left side is hooked onto the slot on the other side. Personally, I prefer the hook on the left engage from the top of the slot rather than the bottom for easy removal.

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The retention bracket for A64 platform. This is not required on S478.

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Installing the heatsink unit is quite straight forward. There is not a lot of down force required. Notice the three extended heatpipes which will hit the memory modules should the heatsink be rotated to the opposite side. Even at this orientation, the heatpipes barely missed the bottom of the exhaust fan and the surface mounted components near by. I have no idea why they protruded out so far. Unless, the fixed heat pipe length facilitates less SKU's for the factory so that LG775 could use the same part number.

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Initially, I planned on using A64 test bed for the second test. However, here is the problem I encountered -

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Those extended heat pipes are too close to the Graphic card slot; turning it to the opposite side there is insufficient clearance for the memory.

Time to run some tests ->

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