Quote Originally Posted by KTE View Post
Thanks for the review.

Interesting design... does the heatsink actually become really hot with trapped hot air, as in starved for air?
Have you tried adding another fan nearby in various configs to see if that helps or detriments in cooling performance under load?
I haven't tested these scenerios. The coolers both received a moderate amount of airflow in this test and I suspect adding more fans would maybe results in 1 -2C lower loads. Without any airflow the Big Typhoon held 3-4C higher loads than with it. I expect roughly the same results would be obtained with the G-Power.
BTW those DTS are obviously very faulty, reading ambient is -20C minimum real at 1.5V.
The temperature in my room was 17.5C (measured with 3 thermometers) and right above the coolers it was roughly 1.5C higher = 19C.
Actual temps of core or IHS at 1.5V on any modern CPU will be flying sky high on best ac, plus 80C. But nevertheless maintaining a delta of -10C from the BT is quite good.
If at these settings and with this room temperature the E6600 would be running 80C+ then the stock Intel cooler wouldn't be able to keep the CPU cool enough at stock in a hot country. That's what logic tells me
What's the delta between the two at say 1.4V at similar MHz?
I only tested 1.5V as quads are becomming the norm for testing high-end coolers and the E6600 is only dual-core. I'll test 3200mhz 1.4v for you but just with the G-Power. I don't feel like swapping the coolers again.
I know I'd never run 1.5V on air 24/7, not even 1.45V because of the load temps nearing the limit. 1.4V seems fine though.
1.5v is fine in a cool room IMHO. You just have to dare to tighten those nuts far enough