Test System
Test System
| Test System | |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2300 @ 2.8GHz |
| Heatsink | Thermaltake Frio OCK |
| Motherboard | MSI P67A-GD80 |
| Graphics card | Sparkle GeForce GTX 465 |
| RAM | 2x4GB SuperTalent DDR3-2000 @ 1300MT/s, CL9 |
| Sound | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD |
| SSD | Crucial RealSSD 256GB SATA 6Gb/s |
| HDD | Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM 500GB |
| Power Supply | OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Series |
| Case | Silverstone Fortress FT-02 |
| OS | Windows 7 Ultimate |
| Drivers | Forceware 270.61 |
The Silverstone Fortress FT-02 case, one of the few NVIDIA has certified for 3-way SLI, should provide plenty of fresh air for this cooler to take advantage of.
Benchmarks
To evaluate this cooler as thoroughly as possible, I used both the stock fan assembly and a 120mm fan from NZXT for testing. All temperatures were measured using CPUID’s HWMonitor program, which we’ve found to provide consistently accurate information across a wide range of motherboards and chipsets. Load temperatures were produced with StressPrime 2004 ORTHOS, working on all CPU cores. All temperatures were measured after 10 minutes of stability, any temperature change caused us to restart the clock.
The results, as you can see, are somewhat unusual. Regardless of fan speed or airflow, this cooler kept the CPU within a set range: 40 degrees C at idle, 53 degrees C under load. Whether it had one fan or two, low speed or high, the results were identical. In practice, this is good, as it means that there is no need to turn up the speed on the included fans, which can get very, very loud. At low speeds, the fans make a quiet but audible hum that I could hear over the other fans in the case.
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