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Cooler Master V8 Heatsink and Fan
Testing
Test Rig:
Processor |
AMD 9950 Black Edition |
| RAM | Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2-6400 |
| Mobo | Gigabyte GA-MA78GPM-DS2H |
| Video Card | Sapphire 4870 Toxic Edition |
| Case | Antec Twelve Hundred Gaming Chassis |
| Power Supply | FSP Group Everest 900 Watt Power Supply |
| OS | Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit |
To test the Cooler Master V8 I went through the very scientific process of playing video games, and lots of them, and measuring the temperature. On a more serious note I recorded the temperature after booting up, while idling, during video games, and after two hours of stress testing my computer (Prime95 style). It should be noted, my processor uses 140 watts of power. The average processor puts off somewhere in the order of 90 watts, so this is a demanding cooling load, but well with in the specifications of the V8, which call for 180 watts of cooling. The results of my tests are as follows:
| Trial 1 | Trial 2 | |
| Startup | 75 F | 75 F |
| Idle | 84 F | 84 F |
| Video Games | 97 F | 97 F |
| Stress Test | 105 F | 105 F |