In our comparison tables, you can find test results regarding 29 recent air and watercoolers. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the right cooler.
Testsystem and testroutine
Testsystem
| Cooler |
Alpenföhn Nordwand
Alpenföhn Gotthard
BeQuiet! Dark Rock 2
BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 2
BeQuiet! Shadow Rock
Cooler Master Eisberg 240L Prestige
Cooler Master Hyper 212Evo
Cooler Master Hyper 412S
Cooler Master Seidon 120M
Cooler Master TPC 800
Corsair H90
Corsair H110
Corsair H5O
Enermax ELC240
EK Water Blocks Kit L360
Gelid GX-7
Gelid The Black Edition
Noctua NH-C14
Noctua NH-D14
Noctua NH-U12P
Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Prolimatech Armageddon - Xigmatek PLA14025S12L
Fan
Prolimatech Megahalems Megashadow
Prolimatech Megahalems Super Mega
Prolimatech Samuel 17
SilverStone Heligon HE01
Thermalright AXP-100
Thermalright Macho 120
Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E |
| Mainboard |
ASUS P6T Deluxe |
| Processor |
Intel Core i7 920 2.66 GHz 4C / 8T |
| Memory |
Kingston HyperX 3 x 1 GByte |
| Graphics card |
Gigabyte GTX 285 |
| Hard disk |
Samsung Spinpoint F1 640 GByte |
| Power supply |
Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt |
Testroutine
The CPU
is being evaluated using
Real Temp and with
Prime95 we reach nearly 100% load on the CPU. For measuring the noise level
we use a Voltcraft SL-200 decibel meter, which is positioned one meter from the
CPU cooler with the fan mounted.
- 2.66 GHz 12 volts load
- 2.66 GHz 7 volts load
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