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A look at aftermarket chipset cooling |
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Written by Cadaveca
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Saturday, 18 November 2006 |
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Test System:
- ASUS A8N SLI NF4 Motherboard
- AMD Athlon 4400+ X2 w/ stock cooler
- Mushkin XP4000 2GB DDR
- Sapphire X1800XL
- Thermaltake 680W WR00049
- NZXT Lexa Case.
It should be noted that the case use does feature a 120mm fan blowing into the case from the side window. This fan is rated @ 38CFM @ 1800rpm. Although this will affect the performance of the passive coolers slightly, it also helps remove the hot air from the active cooler, but please keep this in mind when perusing the numbers. All temperatures are in Celsius, and were measured using SYSTool.
Heatsink
| Idle Temp. | CPU 100% load
Temp. | CPU & GPU 100%
load Temp. | Gaming Temp. | Open Case GPU
& CPU 100% load | | Extreme Spirit II | 32 | 32 | 37 | 40 | 38 | | ZM-NBF47 | 30 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 42 | | HR-05 | 29 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 37 | | HR-05 SLI | 29 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 37 | | Stock | 42 | 46 | 55 | 58 | 56 |
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