4 Tower-type coolers round up comparison

[1pagebook]

hi all, new and great to be here

I did a "4 tower type coolers comparison" bench,
purpose is just get you guys in general idea how these coolers perform.

Air coolers:

1. Noctua NH-D14Se
2. Phanteks tc14pe
3. ThermalRight Silver-arrow (old rev)
4. TT Frio-OCK

--->They look like the following picture here:

Testbed :
Intel I7-3960x 6c/12t enable
Asus Rampage IV extreme bios 1201
VGA: AMD Radeon 7970
Memory: Samsung HCH9 DDR2400(OC from 1333 HCH9) 1.65v C9-11-11-28
PSU: Corsair AX1200W

** I use original fans from the manufactures come with the coolers;
also use PWM cable pretty much control fan speed around “1200rpm”

**Software to grab temperature as reference: Real Temp GT 3.7

**Software to bench for recording max loading temperatures

1.hyper pi 32m 16 thread,
why 16 threads is I thought adding extra 4 threads more than
it should be will give more stress on cpu native cores and IMC
2. FutureMark 3D vantage full set.

Sample screen from running the hyper pi 32m 16 threads took from camera:

--->

Mounting tools from these 4 coolers;
I will just show the parts with socket 2011

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Now let's see all these 4 coolers:

1. Noctua D14 SE 2001..

2. TT Frio-OCK

3. phanteks tc-14pe

4. Thermalright Silver-arrow (this is the old original one, I will have the SB-E testing tomorrow )

OK, now, I have to say, running prime95 or LinX is quite time consuming,
so I decide to pick “hyper pi 0.98b” and then 32m 16 threads
(because I have i7-3960x run as 6c12t),
it’s not only able to check CPU but also your memory stability in short term.

 

[1pagebook]

So here are the results from what I colleted

Part 1: Hyper pi 0.98b 32m 16 threads

Noctua d14..

Thermalright silver arrow

TT frio-ock

phanteks tc 14 pe

As the results, I collect the data of what I see from the max values of
Real temp GT 3.7 and get them to one chart so we have:

Part 2: 3D Vantage

Now we check on another old bench, Futuremark 3D vantage

Noctua d14..

Thermalright Frio-OCK

Thermalright Silver arrow

Phanteks tc14pe

And we do the chart again

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OK, From these two charts, we can see Thermalright and Phanteks TC14PE almost about the same results,
and I am quite surprised that Noctua NH-D14se results are not that ideal for holding temp. From my own perspective,
I thought it might be improved by adding the 3rd 140mm fan or speeding the rpm a bit. Color=red]
(note that I use around 1200rpm for all testing fan speed)[/color]

Hope this comparison helps.

 

[jpeyton]

Wow! First off, welcome to the forums.

Second, you've provided more useful information in your first 2 posts than many members have provided in their first 200, so I'd like to say thanks.

I was curious to see how much better the Phanteks was than the Silver Arrow (which I own), and now I think I'll hold off on upgrading.

Looking forward to seeing what results you get with the new Silver Arrow SB-E.

 

[Jman13]

That Phanteks is awesome. Really sharp looking in Red too.

 

[1pagebook]

I really appreciate the warm welcome guys.
please stay tune for my bench for the Silver arrow SB-e , I just did the search all over, seems like the SB-e I will look might be the world's exclusive one.

I still have other topic to share (memory and motherboard as well)

Again thanks all

 

[T_Yamamoto]

looks like noctura is having stiff competition

 

[dmoney1980]

wow, awesome job of collecting the data! Welcome to the forums

 

[1pagebook]

unpacking now...

 

[jpeyton]

unpacking now...

Awesome.

I thought your username sounded familiar. I remember reading a lot of your memory bandwidth posts on Xtremesystems back in the day.

 

[AdamK47]

Please use something other than Super Pi. Use AVX enabled linpack.

 

[1pagebook]

NP, what is the version of LinX? (64bit)
Thanks

 

[AdamK47]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2195063

 

[pawz107]

Thank you so much for the comparison charts 1pagebook.This is my first post and i really appreciate for the information you have provided. I am looking for a heatsink for my new build on the ASUS P9X79 WS but so far I am not sure which heatsink will fit without blocking the first PCI-E slots. I plan to use the EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra with a 3930k processor. I am aware that we might have to bend the pins for the NH-D14 and also for the Phanteks heatsink. But would like your input in the case we add a backplate to the card to prevent the pins touching the back of the card. But again that will reduce the already marginal gap between the pins and the card. The Thermaltake Frio-OCK also looks good but again im not sure about the gap between the heatsink and the VGA card. Thank you every1 for your suggestions. For your info, below is the config I am building:

I7-3930k
Asus P9X79 WS Motherboard
EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra
GSKILL Ripjaws Z 32 GB (8 x 4GB) @ 1866 Mhz or 24 GB (6x4GB) of Ripjaws @1866 MHz
Corsair AX 1200 watt power supply
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Case

(I do not plan to overclock much and would prefer air cooling over closed loop liquid cooling any day)

Regards

 

[1pagebook]

Yes Sir,
for those 4 cooler, only TT frio-ock can fit your need

BR,

Should you have any further more question, please let me know

Thank you so much for the comparison charts 1pagebook.This is my first post and i really appreciate for the information you have provided. I am looking for a heatsink for my new build on the ASUS P9X79 WS but so far I am not sure which heatsink will fit without blocking the first PCI-E slots. I plan to use the EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra with a 3930k processor. I am aware that we might have to bend the pins for the NH-D14 and also for the Phanteks heatsink. But would like your input in the case we add a backplate to the card to prevent the pins touching the back of the card. But again that will reduce the already marginal gap between the pins and the card. The Thermaltake Frio-OCK also looks good but again im not sure about the gap between the heatsink and the VGA card. Thank you every1 for your suggestions. For your info, below is the config I am building:

I7-3930k
Asus P9X79 WS Motherboard
EVGA GTX 580 Classified Ultra
GSKILL Ripjaws Z 32 GB (8 x 4GB) @ 1866 Mhz or 24 GB (6x4GB) of Ripjaws @1866 MHz
Corsair AX 1200 watt power supply
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Case

(I do not plan to overclock much and would prefer air cooling over closed loop liquid cooling any day)

Regards

 

[Slugbait]

Something I didn't see...thermal paste. Correct me if I'm missing it.

Are you using the OEM-supplied thermal paste for each heatsink? This would probably be ideal, since many people don't buy separate thermal, so we can get a overall difference of each complete package.

On the other hand, thermals are not all created equal...so if you're using "Brand A" that is regarded as better-than-most, it would be good to know that it's a "control group" scenario that levels the playing field a bit.

In either case...it would also be good to have a baseline. In other words, compare against the stock HSF with supplied thermal, or against stock HSF with the single thermal.

 

[LagunaX]

Thanks for posting - I knew Phanteks would be a good one...but that new Silver Arrow looks like a monster!

 

[pawz107]

Thanks 1pagebook that really helped solving my query. will let u know in case i have any further questions.

 

[Psyside]

Nvm can delete.