In the summer of '99, when the FDP32 appeared on the market, it outperformed all other available socket heatsinks. Global WIN achieved this by combining a huge heatsink (that was originally designed as a passive heatsink) with a strong 26CFM fan.
 

 

The fan

 

The FDP32 comes with a standard clip that allows easy and fast installation and uninstallation. The older FDP32's came with a thermal pad, but later, Global WIN chose to include a small blister pack of thermal compound instead. The huge size of the FDP32's heatsink causes problems with many motherboards. The FDP32 does not fit the ABIT BP6, among others. When installed on a Slotket, the FDP32 blocks up to two DIMM slots (depending on the motherboard). However, it is possible to mount the fan on the side of the heatsink - there will be a performance hit, but no more DIMM slots will be blocked.

The FDP32 does not fit Coppermine or Celeron II CPUs. This problem can be solved with a small "shrine" (copper spacer that is placed around the CPU), which is available from Plycon, among others.