Testing the cooler
Testing the cooler
Time to test.The cooler will work absolutely great with any processor from low to high-end (Phenom II / Core i5 / i7 quad-core and even six-core included) at default operating speeds, and there's room left for overclocking as well.
Now what we always do (for a little more serious testing), is test it with higher requirements, mildly overclocked as a reference. We change the processor frequency and voltage.
Methodology -- We use an eVGA p55 Classified 200 motherboard, equip it with a Core i5 750 (2.67 GHz) processor, which we overclock to 3.3 GHz / 1.3 Volts. Now we'll test the cooler in two utilization stages:
- Actively cooled - yet CPU has nothing to do (IDLE)
- Actively cooled - four processor cores 100% stressed (LOAD)
Let's have a look at the results compared to other coolers we tested under the same conditions. Below, the IDLE temperatures.
As you can see, the V6 GT cooler positions itself in the high-end performance range of heatpipe based coolers.
But now let's have a look at the processor's LOAD temperatures.
Please understand, for the above results -- temperatures are based on a slightly overclocked Core i5 750 processor with a little extra voltage (1.3v), the fan speed is set at 80% RPM on ALL coolers shown for objective comparison reasons. Obviously LOWER = BETTER.
- Anything at roughly 50 Degrees C or lower we consider enthusiast class cooling.
- Anything in-between 51 to 60 Degrees C we consider performance cooling
- Anything in-between 61 to 70 Degrees C we consider mainstream cooling
- Anything above 71 Degrees C we consider average cooling
We are hovering just over 50 Degrees C with the processor slightly overclocked under full load.
