Asetek WaterChill KT03-12VS

Amd Athlon64 3500+ Newcastle core (0.13)
DFI Lanparty SLI-DR (3.10p bios)
G.Skill 4400Le
ATI Radeon X800XL
WD Raptor 36GB SATA
Samsung SP80 200GB SATA-II
NEC 2500A DVD Burner
OCZ Powerstream 520W
Xerox XA7-19i 19” LCD

Test results:

To test I used the CPU stressing application “toast” on high priority for 60 minutes. The idle results were obtained after the system had been idle for 30 minutes.
I tested at 100%, 75% and 50% fan speed; I didn’t feel it necessary to run the fans at any lower speed since at 50% the fan was nearly inaudible. The room temperature stayed between 27°C-28°C during the testing. All the tests were also compared to a Thermalright XP-120 with a Titan 120mm 74cfm fan <36dBa.

The temperatures where recorded with Motherboard monitor 5.

As you can see the Asetek kit managed to keep a 4°C advantage over the XP-120 at stock load when run at 100% fan speed, when at 75-50% fan speed the difference is only 2°C in the WaterChill’s favour. But at 75-50% the WaterChill is considerably quieter then the XP-120 and the 36dBa Titan fan.

Now let’s see if these numbers change any when overclocked.

Load temp jumped to a 7°C differential in favour of the WaterChill when the Sunon fan was at 100%. But I must mention that at 100% the Sunon fan is just as loud as the Titan fan on the XP-120.

At 75% fan speed the difference is 6°C and at 50% the difference is 3°C in favour for the WaterChill. At 75% the Sunon is no louder than any component in my case, and at 50% it’s virtually silent.

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