Core i7 coolers test
It looks like we need to slowly retire our good old Smithfield boiler. It served us a long time, providing a very good basis for measuring the 775 coolers, but time ran over it, as it did over the socket that accommodated it. For the test, we used a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5P motherboard and an Intel Core i7, I7-920 processor running at 3,5 GHz. For these reasons, we have made some changes to the measurements in this article. The temperature of the seeds was not averaged, the values of each seed were monitored in each case. During the test, the temperature difference between the cores was not significant, where one or the other ran away a bit, so omitting the averaging only meant that the graph became much sharper.
Measurements were taken with Everest as usual (Happy Birthday Fiery again!). The method thus did not change. We observed the temperature values during loading, after the load stopped, and of course the most important one, the DeltaT value, which is the difference between the highest temperature experienced during the measurement and the room temperature, could not be missed.
Only one of the three coolers, the Brocken, comes with a fan, so we weighed all three ribs once with a Scythe NINJA valve to compare the performance of the ribs, and then weighed the Brocken with its own fan to see exactly what performance we were getting for our money. We can see the first graph of the load measurement:
Prolima TECH beats everything with its two towers. If I should have guessed in advance, I’d say Brocken would be a winner, but still not. Although the graph shows otherwise, the Brocken was better with its own fan because a day passed between measurements and so the room cooled by roughly 3 degrees. At the same time, only Brocken was at the highest peaks of the graph.
The situation has not changed. The performance of the ribs is well illustrated by the fact that Prolima TECH was released from the accumulated heat the fastest. The Brocken, with its own fan, which has a higher speed than the Scythe venti, was just able to keep up with the much older Thermalright. I have a tip for why, but I will cover that in the summary.
Finally, the graph that best shows the differences. As we wrote in the introduction, here we see the differences in temperature compared to room temperature, so these numbers are free of any effect, they show the real strength of the ribs.
Maybe it’s no wonder, but Prolima TECH won here too. Operating with a higher-speed fan, Brocken could just keep up with it. Thermaright came in third and certainly failed in the Ribs race on the Brocken. Either way, the difference between Prolima TECH and Brocken is 4 degrees, which is already huge.
It's time to appreciate!
