GlobalWin Silent Stream

Review by Jason Jacobs on 4/13/04
Water Cooling Kit Provided by Global Win

Testing:

Test Setup:
Abit KX7-333R
2200+ Thoroughbred A core
512 MB DDR 2700
SB Live 5.1
9800 Pro 128
DVD Rom
CDRW
(2) WD 800JB

For testing this kit we chose the AMD 2200+ Tbred A core. This was done because this core is a monster heat producer. Before the installation of this kit, an Alpha 8045 was used in conjunction with a noisy, high rpm 80mm fan. The results were a mildly warm processor and a loud case. The purpose of this kit is to effectively cool the processor while keeping noise to a minimum, not to produce lower temperatures when compared to high end heatsinks.

While these temperatures are warm for a water based system they are well within acceptable tolerances for an AMD CPU. Utilizing this system to assist in overclocking your processor is not suggested. You would be better served by buying a full fledged water system or a high end heatsink if this is your focus. Global Win does include clips for use with the Pentium 4, however, it is the opinion of Techwarelabs that using this system with a Pentium 4 2.4 and up and AMD 3000+ and above might not be appropriate due to the extreme heat wattage that these processors produce.

The Silent Stream was however, able to consistantly absorb processor heat and return to an idle of 39 degrees Celcius. This is important as it is evidence that the waterblock can effectively absorb high heat produced and more importantly the radiator is capable of dissipating that heat. Techwarelabs utilized the 2200+ to stress this system and see if we could saturate the water system with heat and cause the temperature to gradually rise. This would be evidence that the system was unable to absorb and dissipate heat at these levels. We are pleased to report that the Silent Stream performed excellent for such a miniaturized system.

Optimally this system could be utilized in a SFF PC or a HTPC where space and noise are supremely important. SFF and HTPC heatsinks are notorious for their higher temperatures and small sizes. The Silent Stream waterblock would take up about as much space as a SFF or HTPC heatsink while most likely performing better and producing less noise.