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Coolink Chipchilla Chipset Cooler |
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Performance
The system being used to test the heatsink is as follows:| CPU: | Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 |
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| Clock speed: | 8 x 200 MHz = 1.60 GHz |
| Motherboard: | DFI Infinity Bloodiron P35-T2RL |
| Memory: | 4 x 1GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer BL2KIT12864AL804 (DDR2-800) |
| Video Card: | HIS Radeon HD3850 ICEQ3 TurboX 512MB PCI-e |
| Harddisk: | 160GB Seagate Barracuda ST3160812AS-RK |
| Power Supply: | OCZ GameXStream 700W OCZGXS700 |
| Software: | Windows XP Pro SP2 |
Test Notes:
Ambient temperature was kept to 22 degrees Celsius (+/- 1 degree) and was measured with a standard mercury thermometer. Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound was used for the Chipchilla in substitute for the stock thermal compound. Chipset temperatures were measured using a combination of the programs Smart Guardian and Everest Ultimate Edition. Idle temps were measured after fifteen minutes powered down and then fifteen minutes of idle time at the Windows desktop. Load temperatures were measured after thirty minutes of running the Orthos Stress Prime program at a priority of 10 in blend mode.
In the initial test the system was set at stock voltage settings as well as stock speed settings. We find that the Chipchilla shaves off seven degrees from the idle temperatures of the stock cooler. After putting the system to load the results scale almost the same. The Chipchilla manages to keep the system six degrees cooler than the stock heatsink. Now while the temperatures are lower I cannot help to think that it is mostly because of the airflow across the cooler from the fan.
These tests were run with the CPU multiplier down to 6 and the bus speed cranked up to 433. The voltage was also increased from the stock 1.3v to 1.45v. At idle the Chipchilla is still showing a seven degree lead over the stock cooler. With a full load on the the Chipchilla scales well again and manages to pull off an eight degree lead. It is an improvement considering that we are seeing lower temperatures with the Chipchilla and an overclocked system compared to the results with the stock cooler and a non-overclocked system.
