Zalman CNPS 12X review - Baseline testing the cooler

Name: Zalman CNPS 12X review
Brand: Zalman CNPS 12X

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/03/2011 03:00 PM [

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Test 3 - LOAD Temperature

But now let's have a look at the processor's LOAD temperatures. With any cooling kit, the ambient temperature will effect your overall temperature, never forget that.

Please understand, for the above results -- temperatures are based on a slightly overclocked (3.2 GHz) processor with a little extra voltage (1.3v), the fan speed is set at 80% RPM, we do this with all coolers in the particular test.

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 see 46 Degrees C, somehow a magic threshold we can not seem to get past unless we use liquid cooling. This is with the processor mildly overclocked under full load. That means it's performance cooling.

Roughly 49 Degrees is what we get returned with the cooler placed in quiet mode with the help of that resistor wire.

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