120mm Fan Testing on an MCR120 Radiator Round 6

[Manicdan]

so the other thread is just gone now, does that mean your PC is working again?

[Martinm210]

so the other thread is just gone now, does that mean your PC is working again?

Yeah, I "Borrowed" my son's PSU(Second family PC for the kids to play games on) and ordered a new Corsair 650TX this afternoon. My son's not too happy, but he'll get over it and I'm temporarily PSU patched until I get the new Corsair.

The OCZ 700 was dying after 2+ years of service, that was my problem. I guess that's not a horrendous lifespan, but I was hoping it would last longer. I'm going to give Corsair a try, never had one before.

[Philwong]

Yeah, I "Borrowed" my son's PSU(Second family PC for the kids to play games on) and ordered a new Corsair 650TX this afternoon. My son's not too happy, but he'll get over it and I'm temporarily PSU patched until I get the new Corsair.

The OCZ 700 was dying after 2+ years of service, that was my problem. I guess that's not a horrendous lifespan, but I was hoping it would last longer. I'm going to give Corsair a try, never had one before.

Kudos to a dedicated reviewer!

Phil

[Manicdan]

Yeah, I "Borrowed" my son's PSU(Second family PC for the kids to play games on) and ordered a new Corsair 650TX this afternoon. My son's not too happy, but he'll get over it and I'm temporarily PSU patched until I get the new Corsair.

The OCZ 700 was dying after 2+ years of service, that was my problem. I guess that's not a horrendous lifespan, but I was hoping it would last longer. I'm going to give Corsair a try, never had one before.

i support corsair PSUs, have a 620HX that i needed because my 2900xt on water overvolted and overclocked, was killing the PSU, literally, it sounded like a fax modem. this one is going strong, even though i dont use it for such a load anymore.

PS i think im about to smash my roswell fans, any objections? didnt think so

[Martinm210]

i support corsair PSUs, have a 620HX that i needed because my 2900xt on water overvolted and overclocked, was killing the PSU, literally, it sounded like a fax modem. this one is going strong, even though i dont use it for such a load anymore.

PS i think im about to smash my roswell fans, any objections? didnt think so

Good to know. I thought the OCZ was a pretty good supply, but over the course of the last few months I noticed I had to back off my OC and was getting random lockups, etc. I think it was very gradually dieing and I didn't know better. I was blaming the processor for wearing out.

Now that I'm sitting on the temporary, life is great. It's amazing how important a good stable PSU is and how much headache one failing will give you.

I will never buy another OCZ PSU again, this one has caused me way too much trouble. Corsair here I come..

[Martinm210]

FYI,
I retested my Wonky GT15 as part of this batch 4, and this is what I got. I first ran through with my 1V normal increments, then I went back and specifically tried to pinpoint the resonance RPMs. They are there, and hopefully it's just this wonky sample I have. I found roughly 6 strong 3-4dbA resonance points that are very isolated. Rolling off the voltage by .1V is usually enough to make it go away.

Hopefully this is just this sample and it's from sitting on the shelf too long. I won't include this in the round until I've had a chance to try Vapor's samples. The 14 didn't seem to do this, although I didn't go back and check like I did this one:



And this is how the last two GT15 and the two GT14 tests compare. Fairly comparable down below 25CFM, but the two GT15 test were still off by a good 3CFM at 12V...something is off with it's bearing I think..just can't get two test to match up.



Makes me wonder if the frame change in the new batch was to eliminate these spikes or if it was for something else..