Inter-Tech K-1 1HE Passive CPU Cooler in Accordance with Socket 1155/1156

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Buy Review: I used the Dynatron K1 (sold also as Inter Tech K-1) to cool down a Celeron G1610T with 35W TDP in my home server running OMV. I went for this cooler because I wanted something quiet, and since the CPU is only 35 W TDP I assumed that it would be capable of keeping the things cool, or at least under control. There are, however, several things that made me send it back: 1. It bends the motherboard, too much for my taste: it is normal to see a small bend in the mainboard when installing a cooler. The force the screws/springs apply keeps the cooler in contact with the CPU and as a side-effect a little bit of bending is expected. This cooler, however, considerably bends the mainboard, too much to be healthy. The problem lies mainly in the screws, which are too short; and the back plate, which is pretty bad designed. It is not a solid piece of metal where the 4 screws are fixed, but 2 pieces of metal that hold only 2 screws. That means, the back plate does not provide enough support to the mainboard. I had to order an extra back-plate. With the new one, the bending of the mainboard considerably decreased. So, -1 star for the back plate. 2. It sits way to close to other components: I installed the cooler in an Intel DQ77KB. The mainboard is quite compact, and the K1 almost sits on the capacitors around the CPU. The problem are some USB headers close to the CPU, which become unreachable once the CPU is installed. By the way, without a proper back plate, these headers almost popped out of the mainboard due to the high bending! There goes another star. 3. It does not cool down! As passive cooler, I do expect that the temperature remain a little higher, around the 40's or 50's. Under load, it is expected to hit 70's or so. However, without heavy load (around 10-20%) the temperatures ramp up to 88°C. According to the Inter Tech Website, the cooler is designed for TDPs up to 85 W, but I find that hard to believe. The Celeron G1610T has only 35 W, and even without heavy load the temperature rises to critical limits. I even put a 140 mm fan to blow air to it to see if the temperatures decreased to no success. There go 2 stars. Therefore, would I recommend this cooler? Not in a lifetime. Perhaps with a 80 mm fan attached directly to the cooler it might work. But the cooler is advertised as "passive" and unfortunately it does not work Review: El disipador es un Dynatron K-1, aunque la marca lo rebautice con el nombre Inter-Tech. Es bastante más pesado de lo me había imaginado. Lo compré para instalar en una placa servidor Asrock, en un chassis ITX, también de la marca Inter-Tech, SC-4004, y encaja perfectamente. Una fuente Seasonic, un ventilador Corsair ML-120, y un procesador de bajo consumo completan el NAS que me he montado, y encaja todo a la perfección. Mantiene el procesador por debajo de 70ºC, aunque esté al 100%, cosa que en un NAS no va a pasar nunca.