Thermolab Bada 2010 Review
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 17.03.14Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Overall the Thermolab Bada 2010 is a decent cooler. It is affordable and aimed at entry-level to mid-range market. As expected from Thermolab, build quality is good but in terms of performance we would have loved to see our test CPU run at temps a little bit lower. Other than that noise level are ok, with the cooler being very silent in idle and silent under load. |
- Compact
- PWM |
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| Installation | + | - | |
| Mounting is quite easy and practical. The fan is installed using rubber grommets, which help reducing noise created by vibration. The mounting kit included in delivery offers wide compatibility and installing the cooler is self-explanatory. Other than that thermal compound can be found in a syringe. | - Easy and practical mounting - Compatibility | ||
| Performance | + | - | |
| Cooling performance of the Thermolab Bada 2010 is defintely not overwhelming, but keeping in mind, that at 7V the fan was only spinning at 280 rpm and the CPU did not get any hotter than 64°C it is certainly not bad either. It was rather interesting to see that even when the fan was running at 2'200 rpm temperatures were still at 59°C, which is a good indicator this cooler has been built with low rpm fans in mind. | - Cooling performances 7V | - Cooling performances 12V | |
| Noise Levels | + | - | |
| The overall noise levels are good and the Thermolab Bada 2010 is silent, except for 12V. Luckily this cooler is powerful enough to keep a CPU at adequate temperatures, even when the fans are driven at 7V, meaning noise level won't be an issue anymore. | - Inaudible at 7V |
- Audible with PWM - Well audible at 12V |
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| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| If you're looking for a cooler that is price somewhere around 45 US-Dollar and offers reasonable performance at 7V, whereas the noiselevel can be described as inaudible, then the Bada 2010 is certainly a good choice. Should you be looking for a cooler that enables you to overclock your CPU to the limit, then we would recommend other models instead. |
- Price
- HTPC - Mini-ITX Gaming |
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| Rating | |||
| We gave the Bada 2010 from Thermolab 4 out of 5 stars. | |||
| Page 1 - Presentation / Specifications |
| Page 2 - Photo Gallery |
| Page 3 - Installation & Test Setup |
| Page 4 - Absolute Performance |
| Page 5 - PWM Performance |
| Page 6 - Conclusion |
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