Written
: 11/29/99
Written by:
Lindsey
"Mick" Davis
Price: $61.00
One of the most impressive cooler I've ever
tried out was the Alpha P125. Here was a cooler from an unknown company that
outperformed every other cooler on the market. The only problem with the P125
was it was only designed to work with Slot 1 Celerons and Pentium IIs. Those of
us with Pentium IIIs were out of luck. Some of the more daring folks like Moto
converted their P125 so it would work on a Pentium III, but most P3 owners
just got by with lesser coolers.
Alpha was aware of this problem and set out
to convert their P125 to work with the P3. The result of this is the new P3125.
The P3125 is more than just a P125 with P3 mounting hardware. Alpha added a
few more tweaks to improve the performance a bit over the standard P125. These
include more solid mounting hardware and a copper base plate.
The Alpha P3125 is one huge heatsink. The
unit is so big it doesn't fit some motherboards or computer cases. You should
check to make sure it'll clear your system before buying. Alpha coolers comes
unassembled and without fans. This unit was shipped to me from
AMK Services. AMK sells their Alpha's with a couple of Global Win 60mm x
25mm fans. They are rated to move 27.2 CFM of air each.
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