| Cooler Master Aquagate Viva |
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| Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 |
| Memory | G. Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 (2x1gb) |
| Video Card | 3D Fuzion Geforce 7800GT |
| Hard Drive | Western Digital Raptor 74gb |
| Operating System | Windows XP w/SP2 |
| Case | Lian Li PC-V1000BW Plus II |
| Power Supply | Seasonic S12-430 |
| GPU Cooler | Zalman V700-AlCu |
| CPU Cooler |
Scythe Ninja Plus w/Yate Loon D12SL-12 fan |
*Arctic Silver 5 was used on all heat sinks/water blocks.
Testing
Idle temperatures are measured at 15 minutes of inactivity. Load temperatures for the GPU are measured with rthdribl v1.2 running for 15 minutes. Load temperatures for the CPU are measured with Orthos (Large, in-place FFTs) running for 15 minutes. Room temperature is 24c.
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Temperature - GPU (Video Card)
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| Stock VGA cooler idle |  |
45c
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| Stock VGA cooler load | |
70c
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| Zalman V700-AlCu idle (max fan) |  |
41c
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| Zalman V700-AlCu load (max fan) | |
60c
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| AQUAGATE Viva idle |  |
38c
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| AQUAGATE Viva load | |
48c
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As you can see from the results, the GPU performance for the AQUAGATE Viva is
incredible. The temperature dropped 22 degrees compared to the stock VGA cooler!
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Temperature - CPU Stock speeds
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| Scythe Ninja - idle @ 1.86ghz | |
29c
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| Scythe Ninja - load @ 1.86ghz | |
45c
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| AQUAGATE Viva idle @ 1.86ghz | |
32c
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| AQUAGATE Viva load @ 1.86ghz | |
52c
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Temperature - CPU Over-clocked
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| Scythe Ninja - idle @ 3.325ghz | |
33c
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| Scythe Ninja - load @ 3.325ghz | |
59c
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| AQUAGATE Viva idle @ 3.325ghz | |
33c
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| AQUAGATE Viva load @ 3.325ghz | |
61c
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The CPU performance is decent, however, the Scythe Ninja still performs better
at stock and over-clocked speeds.
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