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Posted
on October 19, 2001 by Per
Hansson
This
is the first edition of what will be an ever growing article
for CPU Socket coolers. As new ones come in they will be
added to the review on a first come first basis… The
scores obtained in this review are not compatible with any
of the other cooler reviews on this site. The reason being
that the testing methodology had to be refined so that I
could record as small temperature differences as plus minus
0.1°C.
Testing
methodology
What
you see in the above picture is a “Comp-u-Nurse” thermal
probe, it has been placed right next to the core of my CPU;
I will refer to this sensor as “probe” later on in the
article.
I tested each heatsink with two different fans. The 60mm
heatsinks were tested with a Delta fan, which pushes 37.6
CFM of air, and a YS-Tech fan, which pushes about 22 CFM of
air… The 80mm heatsinks were also tested with two
different fans, the first being the Delta 80x38, which
pushes an amazing 68CFM of air and the second, a Sunon fan
that pushes 39 CFM.
The
testing consists of running the Distributed.net RC5 client
until the processor reaches it’s highest stable
temperature, all tests are redone three times to make sure
that they are accurate.
The
processor used for testing was an AMD Duron 750 MHz “AXCA
Z” core that was overclocked to 1000 MHz with a voltage of
1,85v, this produces 50w of heat. A sufficient amount of
Arctic Silver 2 is applied, and reapplied after each test.
The coolers tested on the round-up so
far are:
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Alpha PAL8045
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Thermalright SK6 (provided by CoolerGuys)
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Thermosonic
Thermoengine (provided by 1COOLPC)
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Vantec CCK-6035D (all Vantec
provided by VantecUSA)
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Vantec FCE-62540D
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Vantec FCE 6030D
Go on to the next page for specific
cooler performance and overall results.
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