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Cooling
Now we get down to business here. Here's what I'm testing the cooler on:
- Asus A7V
- AMD Athlon 800@1GHz 1.85V
- 256MB Crucial CD-RAM
Tests
Idle
Boot the computer with some normal background apps running (Instant messenger, thingies like that remaining idle) in order to get a normal operating temperature reading. Temperatures are measured from 4 places:
1) Motherboard CPU Probe, read thru Motherboard Monitor, the probe on the back of the CPU provides one reading.
2) Compunurse, a thermal probe glued to the side of the core provides a second (and more accurate) thermal reading.
3) Motherboard temp, taken from another thermistor on the board, this is for comparisons sake.
4) Room temp, using a radio shack indoor/outdoor thermometer, the ambient room temp is given.
Load
Run 2 instances of prime 95 torture test to keep the CPU load at 100% until temps stabilize, then record results form the same 4 spots as the idle test.
The candidates:
The results
Idle
Load
Well, there's the hard numbers. I was pretty impressed to see that the copper cooler actually didn't win against the aluminum. Then I realized, there was a size advantage. The copper cooler was incredibly dwarfed by the sheer size of the aluminum. So, That would likely explain it for me.
Cooling: 2.5/5
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