The well-known Taiwanese cooler manufacturer, Dynatron Company, posted a description of the new cooler for 8th generation Athlon processors. This news is especially interesting to us because Dynatron is the manufacturer of cooling systems supplied together with the boxed AMD processors. So, it is quite possible that the modestly called "K8 CPU Cooler" will very soon be shipped inside the hammer boxes together with the processor.

There are two versions of this cooler differing from one another by the heatsink material and the fan shape. As a result, their specs look as follows:

• Dimensions: 78x74x58mm or 78x67x55mm;
• Thermal resistance: 0.27C/W or 0.32C/W;
• Weight: 274g or 266g;
• Heatsink material: Aluminum A1070 or Aluminum 6063;
• Heatsink size: 75x67x36mm or 75x68x36mm;
• Fan size: 70x70x15mm;
• Fan rotation speed: 4,000rpm;
• One ball bearing and one slide bearing;
• Voltage: 12V;
• Noice: 36dB.

I would like to stress the highly original cooler retention mechanism. The package includes a metal plate, which should be fixed to the reverse side of the mainboard PCB right under the CPU. The plastic frame located on the front side of the mainboard is fastened to this plate with two screws. The cooler is then fastened to the frame with a traditional metal clip, like the one used in Socket A coolers.