We are proud to present you with our last heatsink roundup of 2005. Featuring the latest offerings from Arctic, Scythe, Silverstone, Sharkoon and newcomer Noctua. We compare them to the best out there in 3 different test setups.

As we near the end of the year I’m happy to present you with my latest roundup of Athlon 64 heatsinks.

What I have in store for you:

- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro *
- Noctua NH-U 12 *
- Noctua NH-U 9 *
- Sharkoon Red Shock *
- Silverstone NT02 *
- Scythe Samurai Z *

And from our previous HSF reviews at Madshrimps I have included these for reference and comparison:

- AMD Stock Cooling (from 3200+)
- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 - very good price/performance unit
- Scythe Shogun - top performance at low noise
- Thermalright XP-120 - all time favorite of many
- Zalman CNPS9500CU - latest in Zalman’s popular CNPS series

If you want to know more about the heatsinks mentioned in the list above please visit our previous roundups:

- AMD A64 Heatsink roundup Summer 2005
- AMD A64 Heatsink roundup Q2 2005
- Intel P4 Heatsink Roundup Q1 2005
- Intel P4 Heatsink Roundup Q4 2004

This year’s last roundup took several weeks and many hours to complete; the main reason for this is because I decided to test the heatsinks in a case as compared to my earlier roundups where I just let the motherboard sit on top of a cardboard box.