I can't believe my eyes....... it's a modded heat sink shaped as.... a butterfly?! What is going on here??? Without a doubt, this is the geekiest thing I've seen girl-ified. It is probably going to make all you THG-enthusiast men reading this either really really happy (finally she's writing about something we care about), or really really mad (how dare she).
The ZEROtherm BTF95 is made of copper, shaped like a butterfly, and stings like a bee. (You will only get that joke if you are a girl, sorry) It supports current socket AMD or Intel processors and provides lots of surface for cooling. Oh and it's $45 from Zerotherm.
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Comments (20)
That's haught :)
Posted by Hargak | August 30, 2007 11:31 AM
Posted on August 30, 2007 11:31
Heh. Believe it or not this isn't the first Butterfly shaped CPU heatsync to hit the market. Almost 2 years ago a Heatsync manufacturer known as Titan released a Socket 775 & Socket 939/AM2 heatsync called the Vanessa S-Type.
Here's an article of it from bigbruin.com:
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/titanvanessa/
Posted by Anonymous | August 30, 2007 11:51 PM
Posted on August 30, 2007 23:51
Heh. Believe it or not this isn't the first Butterfly shaped CPU heatsync to hit the market. Almost 2 years ago a Heatsync manufacturer known as Titan released a Socket 775 & Socket 939/AM2 heatsync called the Vanessa S-Type.
Here's an article of it from bigbruin.com:
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/titanvanessa/
Posted by Alpha-4 | August 30, 2007 11:52 PM
Posted on August 30, 2007 23:52
Hi Sarah,
No Benchmark? : (
-anstorm :p
Posted by Anstorm_revived | August 31, 2007 6:28 AM
Posted on August 31, 2007 06:28
Ironically, the phrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" was originally coined by Muhammad Ali in reference to his pre-fight strategy against Sonny Liston. It is a decidedly masculine reference.
Posted by Jay | August 31, 2007 11:51 AM
Posted on August 31, 2007 11:51
i'm not a girl and i get it... i also don't know anyone who has one, so go figure.
Posted by mlander | September 1, 2007 12:57 AM
Posted on September 1, 2007 00:57
Cool, It matches my woman's vibrating panties. It's not girly at all, I've always thought of my computer a female anyways.
Posted by ariemus | September 1, 2007 11:46 AM
Posted on September 1, 2007 11:46
my friend has this on his e4300(3ghz) it doesnt go above 40C, but he has 5 other fans in his case. Its quiet, spins at about 900rpm.
Posted by hehe | September 1, 2007 9:43 PM
Posted on September 1, 2007 21:43
thats gay!!!
Posted by lez | September 4, 2007 10:47 AM
Posted on September 4, 2007 10:47
Forget butterflies, where is the Hello Kitty heatsink?!?!?
Posted by mr_fnord | September 6, 2007 3:59 PM
Posted on September 6, 2007 15:59
Finally, the perfect present for the girlfriend.
Posted by gm0n3y | September 6, 2007 4:41 PM
Posted on September 6, 2007 16:41
don't be silly, that's based on the quote from Muhammed Ali, legend!
Posted by Anonymous | September 6, 2007 8:05 PM
Posted on September 6, 2007 20:05
Pfft... apparently you haven't seen the Titan Vanessa.
Butterfly shapes heatsinks are old news :P
Posted by Jonno | September 8, 2007 1:19 AM
Posted on September 8, 2007 01:19
to really please female enthusiasts the heatsink should be shaped like a penis, complete with testes.
Posted by witty | September 8, 2007 7:03 PM
Posted on September 8, 2007 19:03
..where does the fan go?
Posted by bob | September 9, 2007 12:30 PM
Posted on September 9, 2007 12:30
It's performance is nothing to sneeze at either. I have one and it's a great sink. You can get it for around $30 at certain retailers. Btw there are several models, a copper fanned one, pictured top, a aluminum fanned, not shown, and a fanless copper sink, pictured bottom.
Posted by Doug Rogers | September 10, 2007 8:51 PM
Posted on September 10, 2007 20:51
why does it have a powercable if there is no fan?
Posted by joe | September 13, 2007 8:47 PM
Posted on September 13, 2007 20:47
will it fly? :)
Posted by Anonymous | September 14, 2007 11:02 AM
Posted on September 14, 2007 11:02
I have owned this cooler for a week now. The thermal compound supplied is gray colored grease. So I would recommend Artic Silver 5. The fan 90mm but has a shallow depth so it generates equal airflow of a 80mm fan. Maybe less. The fins of the copper heatsink are very thin and can bend easily when installing. AM2 installation is a breeze with out removing your motherboard. Fan is quiet until you play a game or stress the cpu. Actually its very loud at full load. I added a Zalman fanmate and I keep the fan set at a silent fan speed. My temps are tollerable and quiet. Zalman flat out outclasses this cooler. For the savings this Butterfly cooler wasnt worth it. I wouldnt recomment this cooler period. For the extra money go Zalman.
Posted by Sir Humpalot | September 20, 2007 12:57 PM
Posted on September 20, 2007 12:57
Jay - why would you bring up something completely irrelevant (other than the butterfly reference) and say thats its very masculine. Are you jealous that your friends would make fun of you if installed a butterfly heatsink?
The Ali reference is neither feminin or masculine - its just a reference to Ali's fighting style
Posted by Tom | September 23, 2007 10:56 PM
Posted on September 23, 2007 22:56