EVERCOOL HPK-1002EA Review 5

EVERCOOL HPK-1002EA Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • EVERCOOL HPK-1002EA sells for US $24.00.
  • Low-profile, ideal for SFF cases
  • Low-pitched noise
  • Low Price
  • Direct-touch heatpipes
  • 100% Clearance with all neighboring parts of the motherboard
  • Good Packaging, comes pre-installed with key components
  • Marginally better cooling performance than stock
  • Marginally quieter
  • No LGA1155 or AMD support
The Evercool HPK-1002EA is a well-designed CPU cooler that's ideal for LGA1366 platform builds for professional use, preferably in slim form-factor cases. It's a life-saver if you want a good quality cooler if your stock HSF breaks down for some reason, or if you realized that you bought an OEM/tray CPU at the last moment. It's hard to find a practical application for this cooler otherwise, for the LGA1366 platform. Perhaps it performs better with lower TDP processors such as the LGA775 chips it supports.
Going through our data and subjective observations during testing, we find the HPK-1002EA to be noticeably quieter although not in numerical terms. Perhaps it's because the low-pitched noise blends into other noises such as the HDD and PSU. In terms of performance, again, it's not leaps and bounds better than Intel's boxed cooler HSF, though should be able to achieve clock speeds that are technically possible on the stock HSF, though you stayed away from out of lack of faith/stability on the Intel HSF. At the end, for around $24, you can't go wrong with this cooler, should the situation demand that you replace your HSF.
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