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Posted by
Toby Crundwell
on August 24, 2001
Manufacturer Website: Speeze
The Speeze product code
Each letter or number on any Speeze
cooler product uniquely identifies the product & gives
information such as the fan type, socket type, fan connector
etc.
I don't quite know how the 5P53B3 fits
into this, apparently there is no fan type "P".
Speeze also offers a service whereby if a cooler for your
system isn't available, it can be requested to order. This
is something I have never come across before. There was no
indication about the potential costs of this service.
Noise levels
The fan on the copper 5P53B3 has a very
high pitch whine to it. This isn't as bad as it would seem
however; as it is still fairly quiet. It is not audible with
some soft music playing in the background. Although the
5E34B3 is officially louder than the 5E32B3 or the
aforementioned 5P53B3, I couldn't perceive it as being
louder. None of the fans are the quietest around, and do not
mach up to the low noise levels on some Taisol fans;
nevertheless they are perfectly acceptable for background
noise.
To test the CPU under load I ran a
couple of loops in 3D Mark. Idle temperatures were tested
after leaving the PC on for an hour. I used the thermal
compound rather than the pink thermal pad for all three
heatsinks.
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Idle Temperature
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Temperature under load
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5E32B3
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53
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57
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5E34B3
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51
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55
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5P53B3
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53
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58
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Surprisingly,
all the processors exhibited similar idle temperatures. I'll
put this down to the underpowered fans they were all fitted
with.
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