For
testing, we decided to test the cooler by using
arctic silver 5 thermal grease. We placed a layer
on the CPU and left the system working in order
for the thermal paste to stabilize for about 24
hours. Since the fan speed can be controlled,
we took measurements at the lowest and at the
highest fan speed. CPU load was achieved by running
Prime95 torture test (blend) and Super Pi simultaneously
for 30 minutes. The idle temperature measurements
were noted after the system was resting at the
windows desktop for 30 minutes. Ambient temperature
is maintained (as accurately as possible) at 26
degrees Celsius at the time of the test. SpeedStep
is disabled.
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The
Core 2 Duo processor is a very efficient and cool
processor which does not generate much heat. But
when it is highly overclocked and overvolted,
it becomes many times hotter and needs advanced
forms of cooling. The Aquagate Mini R120 did very
well, even when the processor was highly overclocked
and it had its fan turned down completely. The
stock cooler was unable to maintain the processor
cool enough even at idle when overclocked, with
idle temperatures of over 70 Celsius degrees.
It would be hard for a simple air heatsink to
beat the performance of the Aquagate Mini R120,
despite how large or well designed it may be.
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