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Test system components:| CPU | Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 2.80GHz @ 3402 Mhz |
| Motherboard | ABIT AA8 Duramax |
| Memory | Corsair DDR2 Twinx1024 - 5400 |
| HDD | Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 200 GB SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 GB PATA |
| GFX | PCIE X800XT |
Side of the case was open during the tests. Temperatures were monitored with Motherboard Monitor 5.3.6.0 and the load was provided by two CpuBurn processes running at the same time. Each stage of the benchmark was carried out by allowing the system to stable the temperature before it was logged.
Results
Do I need to say anything at all? :) Results are very clear this time and there is no doubt on who is the winner. 18 degrees difference under load is a lot in any standard. One of the most annoying thing with boxed LGA 775 cooler is the noise. The fan speed is controlled with PWM so it speeds up when under load. This is usually a good thing but it makes the noise that is coming from the cooler very easy to spot. When the fan speeds up, the noise changes its tone so you immediatelly notice it. This doesn't happen with Hyper 48's fan. It kept a steady reading of 1560 rpm during both the idle and load tests, while the boxed fan was going from 2040 all the way up to 2640 rpm.
Conclusion
PROS CONS 
"Editor's Choice" Award |
With a price tag around $40 the cooler can be concidered to be cheap for its performance. All copper construction combined with four heatpipes seems to be the ticket for really good performance. Top this with low noise fan and you are set to tackle against ever increasing heat output of new CPUs. I have to say that I was bit sceptical when I saw the name of the fan manufacturer. But in the end, I think that Cooler Master made a right choice by using this fan. Increased fan diameter over the regular 80x80 fans brigns a lot of plusses. Lower rpm means less noise but the CFM rating can be the same or even higher than with smaller fans. Manufacturer clames that the fan should last 80.000 hours and if this number is correct, you could even plan to use this on server machines. I've always liked Cooler Master's coolers. Partly because they seem to have near perfect track record when it comes to incorporating new technologies to their products or just making the old ones even better. With this multiplatform cooler, you don't necessarily need to go out and buy a new cooler when you swap your CPU manufacturer or just upgrade to new cpu that needs a new socket. Some say that watercooling is the way to go but future for aircooling still seems bright. All thanks go to these new high performance multiplatform coolers like Cooler Master's Hyper 48. |
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