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3D Galaxy LCS Cooler

Author:	Jason Jacobs
Date:	2006.04.01
Topic:	Cooling
Provider:	Gigabyte
Manufacturer:	Gigabyte

In this section we discuss the most critical factor of performance. We assembled and tested the 3D Galaxy Liquid Cooling System under two different platforms. First we tested it for use with a socket 939 system powered by a 4800+ dual core and then in a socket 775 system with a P4 3.2 GHz CPU. In both platforms 100% load was achieved by running two instances of Prime 95 and setting the CPU affinity of each instance with both core 0 and core 1 simultaneously.

Test System Configuration:

AMD 4800+
DFI Nforce4 SLI-DR
XFX 7800GTX
1GB OCZ PC 3500
XP Professional SP2
WD 200GB SATA

P4 640 3.2GHz
Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe
6800 GT OC
2GB OCZ DDR2 PC5400
XP Professional SP2
WD 160GB SATA II

For comparative purposes we feel it’s applicable to include the recorded temperatures when the stock heatsink is used. These are idle temperatures when the ambient room temperature was 76F. Cool N’ Quiet was enabled on the AMD test setup.

Stock Air Cooled Heatsink Results

AMD 4800+ (2.4 GHz)	117F
P4 640 3.2GHz	125F

Galaxy 3D LCS

CPU TYPE	Fan Speed High	Fan Speed Low
AMD 4800+ (2.4 GHz)	105F	111F
P4 640 3.2GHz	110F	114F

As you can see the Galaxy 3D LCS works well and drops the AMD and Intel stock temperatures by 12F and 15F respectively compared to stock cooling. Additional benefits from the drop in temperature include lower noise levels, even at a fan speed setting of high. At a low fan speed the fan is barely detectable and is still providing 6 to 11 degrees better than stock cooling temperatures.

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