Low Profile Socket-A/Socket-370 Cooler Roundup - December 2001

TennMax Max7

Installation

Installation is easy, no tools are required. The TennMax Max7 is particularly small, so it fits even boards that have components very close to the CPU socket.

Performance and noise, conclusion

While the size/performance ratio of the Max7 cooler tested here is good, it isn't particular astonishing or innovative by design. We received more interesting samples from TennMax:

These are other samples TennMax supplied, using their "Lasagna" technology. The super-compact Lasagna on the right didn't perform as well as its much larger brother with a classical design, the Max7 reviewed here. The large Lasagna cooler, on the left, is only suitable for P4/Xeon CPUs. So, the only TennMax cooler included in this roundup is the Max7.

The Max7 tested is suitable for Celeron and most P3 CPUs; we don't recommend it for AMD Athlon CPUs with higher power dissipation.

As with all other 1U coolers, the performance is better in 1U conditions if the fan is reversed. The supplied screws allow you to reverse the fan.