10-Way HSF roundup :)

[jmke]

Got around to finishing a roundup with these coolers:

# AMD Stock Cooling (from 3200+)
# Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro *
# Noctua NH-U 12 *
# Noctua NH-U 9 *
# Sharkoon Red Shock *
# Silverstone NT02 *
# Scythe Samurai Z *
# Arctic Cooling Freezer 64
# Scythe Shogun
# Thermalright XP-120
# Zalman CNPS9500CU

for those interesting in silent & powerful computing it'll surely be interesting.. I hope

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=384

[NightCrawler™]

What.... no Typhoon...??

NC™

[biohead]

lol yea no typhoon / scythe ninja ?

[jmke]

No Typhoon to get hold of, made request to deaf ears :/

I already review Ninja
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...89&articID=224

Ninja vs Shogun, Shogun has small lead
so Ninja ~=~ Shogun in tests

[Dave_Sz]

Hmm, that comparison has some of the worst temps ever. With a room temp of 22c they are getting 61c on a xp120 with a papst fan. WTF? Plus they are doing the comparison with the case in a desktop position where heatpipe coolers perform slightly worse than in the tower position.

[jmke]

where do you see "case in desktop position" please quote?
have any idea how slow papst fan is?

but brain in motion before mouth

[Disposibleteen]

where do you see "case in desktop position" please quote?
have any idea how slow papst fan is?

put brain in motion before mouth

I love that quote, can i put it in my sig?

[jmke]

all yours

about the heatpipe thingie.. SP-94 did suffer from worse performance when heatpipes were not in correct position. (we're talking 1-3°C here)

XP series has no problem with orientation; I tested XP-90 in all directions of the wind and no temp difference

[Dave_Sz]

where do you see "case in desktop position" please quote?
have any idea how slow papst fan is?

but brain in motion before mouth

I hope you're joking. Just by looking at the pics and what angles they show is really obvious that the case is laying down.

[Thrilla]

Quality heatpipes works 360/360, position doesn't matter
I have some pipes, they work in any direction, all equally well. But the position may affect how the copper/aluminium perform

[jmke]

I hope you're joking. Just by looking at the pics and what angles they show is really obvious that the case is laying down.

Dave.. look at the author of that roundup
look at my nickname



this Antec Sonata 2 was maybe laying down for installation; but all tests were of course run in upright (tower) position



tell me again why this was "the worse test ever"; if you have valid arguments I'm willing to learn and improve

[Coroner Kyle]

Nice review my only comment is try to make the graphs easier to read (i.e. Put the HS in alphabetical order on the Y-Axis). Thanks for doing the review I'm sure it took up a lot of your time.

[jmke]

there are 2 graphs with the results near the end
sorted by pure performance (lowest temp)
and cpu+(pwm/2)+dBa to have some kind of idea of noise vs temps

[Coroner Kyle]

I thought that initally, but then I saw a few of the bars sticking out further than ones above it. I guess I got kind of confused, but I realize now how they are sorted.

It's getting past my bed time.

[Dave_Sz]

Dave.. look at the author of that roundup
look at my nickname



this Antec Sonata 2 was maybe laying down for installation; but all tests were of course run in upright (tower) position



tell me again why this was "the worse test ever"; if you have valid arguments I'm willing to learn and improve

I just can't get over the fact that with a room temp of 22c, and what seems like an open case for testsing, all the temps were so high. Sorry about the other stuff, just that the pics were at such angles, it just seems they would hurt to take if the tower was standing up.

[jmke]

the case is not open...

[jmke]

you are correct Postal Dude, at 1.7 this A64 produces quite some heat; I also tested at default speeds in the roundup (2200-1.5v vcore), so you can see how the heatsinks do in less extreme conditions.

[jmke]

okay.. something weird with the timezone settings; my post should appear AFTER Postal Dude's one

[Postal Dude]

I think the temps were so bad on this test because if you look at the data above the charts. He is running a 500Mhz oc at a staggering 1.7v!! I think that that voltage was used to realy put these coolers thru their paces. and judging by the temps, they were. If the oc'd test was ran at 1.5v rather than 1.7 the temps would seem more natural. But this review was to compare the HSF's under very stressful conditions. 1.7v on air... it dont get much more stressfull!

[Dave_Sz]

I guess.

[fr@me]

http://overclockers.ru/lab/21267.shtml

[jmke]

I guess.

there's no guessing
check the difference between tests at stock speeds & volt vs OC at overvolted