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| Globalwin FLK50 Product Shot |
Global Win has been one of the leading companies to provide PC manufactures and oveclockers all over the world with some of the best computing/cooling solutions. They have provided us with three of their top of the line K7 coolers, the FLK50, VOS32, and WAA08 -which is a very unique fan duct system designed to really help in extreme overclocking situations or when you want to keep things a little bit cooler inside the case. Lets get started with the more basic of three units, the FLK50 single fan cooler.
Impressions / Installation
The FLK50 is a single fan -full sized Athlon cooler specifically designed for the Asus K7M motherboard, however the size and efficiency of this unit make it a perfect for most any Athlon system. As already stated, this cooler has a single high-speed fan (4200rpm @ 26 CFM) installed in the middle of a full sized heat sink blowing air down towards the CPU. There is a single 3-wire power connector running off the fan, to allow for hardware monitoring and easy installation.
The heatsink is made from a lightweight aluminum alloy material with the fins being grouped together in groups of six on the ends and 10 in the middle leaving about a 2-fin gap between each group. This was a rather odd design but I noticed right away (once installed) that it allowed for airflow to come directly between each fin group thus helping to displace the heat better.
Installation of the FAK50 was a cinch! There wasnt an install guide or any other documentation that was included but its a fairly self-explanatory process. Simply snap the W shaped bracket down onto the Athlon CPU metal chassis (have a screwdriver handy) and youre ready to go! This was a welcome change when compared to some other Athlon coolers that require either an Athlon dis-mount from the motherboard, or a complete dismantling of the Athlon.
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