Conclusion
We will take a look at a completely fanless solution from Thermaltake today. We have a socket 754 cooler for AMD64 which we will test out and see if it really can perform good enough to sit on a rig. It has two big heatsinks connected to each other by heatpipes. We will see how it does under normal use and under overclocking.
Testing:
AMD 64 3200+
Chaintech ZNF3-250
512mb 3200 Corsair DDR
80 Gb Maxtor 7200 rpm harddrive
Artic Silver 3
Liteon 16x cd burner
Testing was done by running Sisoft Sandra 2004 burn in program to get full temperature temps.
Without fan:
Without a fan the temps just got up 65-70 Celsius which is to high so with that conclusion you need a fan atleast. So we mounted a Zalman 92 mm fan to cool this off with.
With fan:
Overclocking is not even something we will talk about. With the stock voltage and speeds on a AMD64 3200+ we got some intresting temperatures. Idle temp with a fan blowing on the heatsink was 53 C and full load temps are up to 58C which are acceptable but not good. You will need a nice case with good air circulation to be able to use this and even though this cooler is fanless you will need a fan to cool it down as the temps go up very fast.
Conclusion:
Well I belive the testing sums most things up already. This heatsink needs a fan even though its said its a fanless cooler. You will not be able to run it without a fan on the side. A 120 mm fan on 5V should probably do the trick to get as quiet as possible. Running a 92 mm or 80 mm will just make alot of noise. This is pretty extreme but people that want a quiet case should maybe have a look at one of these. You need good airflow and a fan cooling the heatsink. Overall we give this 3 out of 5 for a ok product which is a bit risky but might work very well for some.
Pros:
+ Well packed
+ High quality
+ Good copper base
Cons:
- No fan included
- Big
- Bad temps
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