Hello everyone.
This is a very simple temperature review that I did. It's so simple I am shameful to say that it is even a review.
But anyhow, I had a chance to try both Zalman VF700-AlCu and Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (rev. 2)
-= Condition =-
- Antec Sonata Case
- Seasonice 120mm rear fan
- AMD64 3000+ non-oc with Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu
- 1G of PC3200
- 2 Optical Drives
- 1 HDD
- eVGA 6800GT Pci-E
-= PRICE =-
VF700-AlCu = $29.99* + TAX + S&H
NV Silencer 5 = $26.50* + TAX + S&H
(*prices from www.directron.com)
-= Weight =-
NV5 > VF700 AlCu
-= Temperature =-
Idle is when I left my comptuer on for 30 minutes doing nothing.
LOAD is when I play CS:S for 30 minutes.
All temperature is average from 3 different tests.
((VF700-AlCu))
................./IDLE/......../LOAD/
CPU...........30...............33
SYS...........42...............46
GPU...........63...............79
((NV Silencer 5 rev.2))
.............../IDLE/......../LOAD/
CPU.........29..............33
SYS.........37..............37
GPU.........59..............73
NV5 has it's own exhaust that they call DHES (Direct Heat Exhaust System). What it does is, rather blowing the hot air in to the case, it blows directly out side of the case. By having this, you will need to have a extra slot left right below your GPU slot. With my system, DHES really did its job I believe.
First of all, the GPU temperature was lowered, which means it gives me bigger window of OC capability with my 6800GT. Since the DHES takes hot airs out side of the case, whole system's temperature went down and stayed down even in 'LOAD'.
Result might be different with different systems. I definately didn't have enough intake of cool air, and blowing hot air from GPU wasn't that of a good idea for my system.
This is a very simple temperature review that I did. It's so simple I am shameful to say that it is even a review.
But anyhow, I had a chance to try both Zalman VF700-AlCu and Arctic Cooling NV Silencer 5 (rev. 2)
-= Condition =-
- Antec Sonata Case
- Seasonice 120mm rear fan
- AMD64 3000+ non-oc with Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu
- 1G of PC3200
- 2 Optical Drives
- 1 HDD
- eVGA 6800GT Pci-E
-= PRICE =-
VF700-AlCu = $29.99* + TAX + S&H
NV Silencer 5 = $26.50* + TAX + S&H
(*prices from www.directron.com)
-= Weight =-
NV5 > VF700 AlCu
-= Temperature =-
Idle is when I left my comptuer on for 30 minutes doing nothing.
LOAD is when I play CS:S for 30 minutes.
All temperature is average from 3 different tests.
((VF700-AlCu))
................./IDLE/......../LOAD/
CPU...........30...............33
SYS...........42...............46
GPU...........63...............79
((NV Silencer 5 rev.2))
.............../IDLE/......../LOAD/
CPU.........29..............33
SYS.........37..............37
GPU.........59..............73
NV5 has it's own exhaust that they call DHES (Direct Heat Exhaust System). What it does is, rather blowing the hot air in to the case, it blows directly out side of the case. By having this, you will need to have a extra slot left right below your GPU slot. With my system, DHES really did its job I believe.
First of all, the GPU temperature was lowered, which means it gives me bigger window of OC capability with my 6800GT. Since the DHES takes hot airs out side of the case, whole system's temperature went down and stayed down even in 'LOAD'.
Result might be different with different systems. I definately didn't have enough intake of cool air, and blowing hot air from GPU wasn't that of a good idea for my system.