The Dynatron DY1206BH-625 is a all copper HSF. The fins are soldered into the base, that is surrounded by an aluminum shroud in which the fan is then screwed to. Me being me, I had to take it all apart to give it a thourough inspection. Upon doing that I found that Dynatron is using the famous Delta 60x60x25mm 7K fan. To my surprise though this one is a little quieter than normal.

Below is a closer look at the heatsink itself. As you can see the fins are soldered onto the base. Something I found really interesting with the fins is the tabs they have on the upper part of them. They all interconnect with each other. This makes the fins really sturdy, it would almost be impossible to bend these over or smash them against each other. I see this as a plus. Now if it helps cooling any is another story but I don't see any reason why it wouldn't help it out a little.

My favorite feature of this HSF is for sure the 3 prong clip. Its a growing trend these days for the vast majority of heatsink manufacturers to build their heatsinks with these big clips. This allows for the heatsink to be clamped more secure to the socket than what the single prong clips do. I myself have claimed the life of 3 center lugs. 2 of those just tore off under the pressure from the clip. Using the 3 prong clip allows it to connect securely to all 3 tabs greatly reducing the pressure on the tabs and delivering it equally across them. In terms I doubt anyone has ever ripped off all 3 tabs before and if they have, well they seriously did something wrong.

Another aspect of this cooler I thought was interesting is the way the fins are designed. If you look at the picture below you can tell the clip doesn't go directly over the core with a single piece of metal. There are 2 seperate one that sit just on the outside of the core. Now this isn't what I found interesting as i've seen it before on other coolers. It was the fact that the fins themselves aren't cut all the way to the top. You cannot take this clip out unless you remove all of the fins from the base. There is just enough of a notch in the fins for the clip to go through.

Installation of this unit was just like any other HSF with this type of clip. Just slide the rear over the lugs and lay the HSF flat on the core of the CPU. This one requires the use of a screwdriver to get the front clip on. Seen by the way it is designed in the picture above, Dynatron counted on a screw driver being used which was really nice of them. Because of the little tab the slot has it made it real easy to use a straight blade screwdriver and not have to worry about slipping off and damaging your motherboard. Before installing the heatsink do try several flathead screwdrivers and use the best-fitting one.

As you can see there is plenty of room around the socket and I didn't have to fight any capacitors to get this one installed. Now with it installed its time to Abuse it and see what its really made of!