A Closer Look at the Coolink GFXChilla


The first thing you will notice about Coolink’s GFXChilla is that it is very thin compared to many of its competitors. This is achieved by using a pair of low-profile 80mm by 10mm cooling fans which push air down through the aluminum fins in order to quickly disperse the heat generated by the core. The only real problem with this type of design is that the heat produced will stay within your case instead of getting exhausted out the back.

Coolink has decided to use a quartet of relatively large 6mm copper heatpipes which run from the base to equidistant areas which bisect the fins. According to Coolink, these heatpipes will provide more than enough heat transfer to efficiently cool off even an overclocked G92 core.


Both of the 80mm fans are 10mm thick, 11-bladed units which spin at a constant 2000RPM while producing a mere (claimed) 18dba. These thin fans would not do any good if they were trying to push air through a large confined space but luckily, since the fins are quite thin they should have no trouble at all.

The fans are linked to a single 3-pin fan header through a white sleeved cable. This is actually a great solution since it combines two fans into one connector while cutting down on the amount of wires coming from the cooler. Unfortunately, we would have much rather seen black sleeving as opposed to white but I guess you can’t win them all…


The bottom of the GFXChilla shows us a better view of the fins and how the heatpipes intersect with them. As you can see the copper contact plate is slightly offset from the center of the heatsink so the fins themselves do not come too close to your motherboard.


The bracket around the base serves as a universal mounting bracket for every graphics card the GFXChilla is compatible with. This means that you will not have to jump through hoops for mounting it even though there is a pair of small screws on each bracket which allow it to be moved for better contact with the GPU core.


Even though the base of this Coolink heatsink is copper, it is evident that not much care was given to it. While it is nice and flat, there are some major machining marks and it is far from polished to a mirror finish. Even with this lack of quality finishing, it should still provide a good contact surface between the heatpipes and the core of your graphics card.