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Evercool Buffalo - CPU cooler review |
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Written by Stuyo
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Wednesday, 01 October 2008 |
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Page 3 - Instalation and Performance
The instalation of Evercool Buffalo is fairly easy (atleast for an Intel socket) – you just extract the cooler from the box, put some thermal paste and attach it the way you would attach any standart cooler. After that all you need to do is plug the ventilator pin and voilla.
For testing we used an Intel E8500, with the default FSB, aswell as after a good overclocking.
- CPU: Intel Core2Duo E8500
- Motherboard: ASUS P5K-E WIFI-AP
- Memory: 2x2GB A-DATA DDR800
- VGA: Albatron GeForce 8800GT
- Sound card: Creative Audidgy Value
- HDD 1: Western Digital Raptor 10 000rpm 36GB
- HDD 2: Seagate Barracuda 9 7200rpm 300GB
- Optical device: ASUS DVD+/-RW 24x Ligthscribe SATA
- Cooler Master Mystique 631 Black
- 3x12см vents Cooler Master inside the PC case
To test in IDLE mode, we left it running 6-7 minutes after the stress test w/o any load. For the stress test we used the RealTemp 2.70 data (probably the best software to measure temperature for 45nm CPUs), and after 30 mins of working with OCCT 2.0. this is what we got As you can see the temperature is in CELSIUS above room temperature, and with that we exclude the influence of the enviroment which makes for better and more acurate tests.
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The results are more than obvious. Evercool stands up to the high-end cooler, and a comparison with the stock cooler is out of the question. The cooler managed nicely, but was somewhat loud - the 100mm vent in combination with the closely put ribs of the radiator were quite distinguisable compared to this quiet PC setup.
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With this FSB setup the stock cooling overheated. Not only did the RPM stay at it's highest settings most of the time, but the temperature passed 70C with ease the first few seconds of the test. That's why we removed it from the tests.
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The higher up the voltage went,thus the frequency went up, the higher the difference was between Evercool Buffalo and Noctua NH-U12P. The temperature reached with the Evercool cooler was 70C, and that's adding the room temp of about 25C. Adding to all of this is the fact that the Buffalo made the CPU unstable and after 40 minutes the OCCT displayed an error. With Noctua all went a lot more smoother :)
