Kingwin RVT-9225: Budget priced cooling results in budget performance
by Matt Campbell on July 16, 2008 2:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Test Configuration
As we've covered test configuration in detail in the past, we won't belabor it here. Our test bed remains the same as it was in March: a Rosewill R604-P-SL case with a Corsair HS620W power supply and a fanless motherboard/video card combination to eliminate stray noise sources.
Cooling Performance Test Configuration | |
Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo X6800 (Dual-core 2.93GHz, 4MB Unified Cache) |
RAM | 2x1GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8888 (DDR2-1111) |
Hard Drive(s) | Hitachi 250GB SATA2 enabled (16MB Buffer) |
Video Card | MSI NX8600GTS (fanless) - All Standard Tests |
Intel TAT | Version 2.05.2006.0427 |
CoreTemp | Version 0.95 |
Video Drivers | NVIDIA 163.71 |
CPU Cooling | Kingwin Revolution RVT-9225 Noctua NH-U12P Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 (with PWM) Arctic Cooling Freezer Pro 7 ZEROtherm Nirvana NV 120 Cooler Master Hyper 212 OCZ Vendetta Scythe Kama Cross Swiftech H2O-120 Compact Corsair Nautilus 500 Thermalright Ultima-90 ZEROtherm BTF90 Xigmatek AIO (AIO-S800P) Evercool Silver Knight Enzotech Ultra-X 3RSystem iCEAGE Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX Thermaltake MaxOrb Scythe Andy Samurai Master Cooler Master Gemini II Noctua NH-U12F Asus Silent Square Pro Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B OCZ Vindicator Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme Thermalright Ultra 120 Scythe Infinity Zalman CNS9700 Zalman CNS9500 Cooler Master Hyper 6+ Vigor Monsoon II Lite Thermalright MST-9775 Scythe Katana Tuniq Tower 120 Intel Stock HSF for X6800 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX620W |
Motherboards | Asus P5K Deluxe (Intel P35) |
Operating System | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
BIOS | Asus AMI 0501 (06/26/2007) |
Room temperature is maintained at 74°F (23°C) throughout testing. We are still using the Far Cry River demo as our benchmark for the purpose of consistency, and thus we can include historical results for reference. CoreTemp is used for temperature monitoring.
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sukhoi37 - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - link
There must be sth wrong with the installation. I have seen many users report much lower temperature which is comparable with TRUE. I suspect it's because of TIM apply method. HDT needs different TIM apply method to take advantage of the HDT concept.Bieszczad - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - link
Could you point me to some instructions how to apply the paste in a HDT cooler setup? The cooler booklet was not clear on this matter. Thank you.Bieszczad - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - link
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Good read