|
CPU |
AMD
Athlon 3200+
" Newcastle " |
|
Motherboard |
Asus K8N-E Deluxe |
|
Memory |
OCZ
EB 3500+ |
|
Enclosure |
Cooler Master CM Stacker |
The Newcastle CPU mounted on the Asus K8N-E Deluxe is the 3200+
model with a stock core speed of 2.2GHz. Of course, we at Club
Overclocker rarely run anything at default clock speeds and for the
testing portion of this test I don't see a need to go there either.
So, we're going to give the Swiftech a chance to cool this system at
its highest stable overclock. The first thing that happened is that
the maximum stable overclock increased to 2520 MHz. --
240Mhz FSB x 10.5 Multiplier. The system maintained 100% Prime
stability at this clock speed with a vCORE voltage of only 1.575
volts!
|
CPU Load % |
Temp °C / °F |
|
IDLE |
30°C /
86°F |
|
MAX 100% |
41°C /
105°F |
Room temperature for the duration of
the test was recorded at 72.5 *F.
The above screen shot is a cut-out from Asus Probe with the CPU
Temperature polling interval set to 1 second. This shows the
temperature ramp-up during 100% CPU usage over a span of 2 minutes
from far left edge to far right edge. So, after 1 minute the CPU
temperature only reached 36°C / 96°F.
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Here we have a screen shot of the last 60 minutes of the
torture test. The polling interval was increased to 15 seconds to
help emphasize time duration.
An Outstanding Success!
Compared to a traditional
fan-cooled heatsink, the Swiftech H20-120 water cooling kit is
certainly more expensive and requires more preparation and
installation time. However, the benefits are exponential. Lower
temperatures while yielding a higher Overclock.....
Here we can see a temperature comparison done with the same CPU,
only the CPU isn't clocked as high or hit with as much voltage. So
the air cooing heatsink has a bit of advantage in this test - but of
course the water cooler still comes out more effective. The new pump
that Swiftech has bundled in the kit is very quiet, energy efficient
and still quite capable of keeping a high volume of water through
the block and radiator. I purposely used an excessive amount
of tubing in the setup of this unit to make future maintenance on
the system easier, and to force a bit more of a load on the pump.
Under these circumstances, I would have no reservations about
recommending this pump to drive a system built with a chipset cooler
and video cooler in the loop as well.
The quality of this product is top-notch, which is something that I
have come to expect from Swiftech. Everything that was required to
assemble and install the unit was packaged in the box. The printed
and provided instructions cover each step of installation very
clearly which could get even the first time builder through the
project was ease. Once again, a solid product with outstanding
performance! Easily recommended for any Overclocker's computer!
Swiftech products
are available at CrazyPC!
