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Final Thoughts...
This was a really fun project to do. Turning on this computer has to rank
as one of the strangest experiences I have ever had. Pushing the power
button on a computer and literally not hear anything at all. You watch
the screen with deep anticipation wondering if you had done something
wrong... the one or 2 seconds that pass as the system does the post tests
just prior to displaying anything on the screen were truly torturous!
Then pop and up comes the bios. You get in and configure it you your flavor,
set up you raid and then go and watch the systems health stats.
Everything
is running cool now, but how about under load? So we started the install
of Windows XP 64 and for 15 agonizing minutes we didn’t know how
things were doing temp wise. Finally Windows came up. We installed the motherboard
utility and it's running cool and happy! So we got all the drivers and
updates on it. Rebooted a few times. And installed PC Mark and 3D Mark
2006.
The system ran like glass. Not a heat issue to be seen. And man
is it fast with those drives. I can’t believe how fast Battlefield
2 or even the beta for Battlefield 2142 ran compared to my workhorse /
core gaming systems. All in all I would say this was a success.
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Comparison of other popular fan based cooling systems |
Brand |
Size |
CFPM |
dBA |
| Cooler
Master SuperFlo |
120mm |
11.27
CFM |
13.00
dBA |
| AeroCool
TURBINE 2000 120mm Sleeve Case |
120mm |
37.44
CFM |
19.66
dBA |
| Antec
75012 120mm 2 Ball |
120mm |
60.00
CFM |
32.00
dBA |
| Thermaltake
Silent Wheel A2330 130mm |
120mm |
54.40
CFM |
16.00
dBA |
| EVERCOOL
SFF-12 120mm Ever Lubricate bearing |
120mm |
80.00
CFM |
25.00
dBA |
| APEVIA
(ASPIRE) CF12SL-UBL 120mm Blue LED |
120mm |
77.26
CFM |
35.48
dBA |
| SILVERSTONE
FM121 120mm 2 Ball |
120mm |
110.03
CFM |
39.50
dBA |
| Thermaltake
Thunderblade A1927 |
120mm |
78.00
CFM |
21.00
dBA |
| Ionic
Cooling System |
Coustom |
325.00
CFM |
0.00
dBA |
| SUNON
FAN-PMD1208PMB1 80mm 2 Ball |
80mm |
84.10
CFM |
55.20
dBA |
| Thermaltake
A2387 80mm Sleeve Blue LED |
80mm |
27.80
CFM |
21.00
dBA |
| ULTRA
Silent Series ULT30240 80mm 2 Ball |
80mm |
27.00
CFM |
21.00
dBA |
| Scythe
Minebea NMB Silent IC Series |
80mm |
16.20
CFM |
17.00
dBA |
| Antec
75008 80mm 2 Ball |
80mm |
41.00
CFM |
34.00
dBA |
| Panasonic
Panaflo 80mm Hydro Wave Case |
80mm |
46.90
CFM |
38.20
dBA |
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By tremendous request I am starting to put together some more stats for you all. I didn’t realize this would be such a popular project! I will be adding new information here in the update as I get time to roll it out.
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*Applications used for testing PC Mark and Maya 8.0 |
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