Cooling Performance

Due to some unforeseen hardware issues I was not able to test the Core Fan system in the last Quarterback review. This time I have those issues corrected and I was able to test the difference the 3D Core Fan would make.

CPU:	AMD Athlon64 3200+
Clock speed:	10 x 200 MHz = 2000 MHz, Memory at DDR-400
Motherboard:	DFI CFX3200-DR/G
Memory:	2x 256MB Patriot +XBLK PC3200
Video Card:	Gigabyte GV-N62TC256DS PCI-e
Harddisk:	36GB WD Raptor
Power Supply:	Xion 450W
Case & Cooling:	Sunbeam 3D Storm
Software:	Windows XP Pro SP2

Temperatures are all normal for stock cooling. The video card gets rather warm with its passive cooling.


As you can see, the 3D Core Fan made a noticeable difference in most of the case temperatures with the exception of the CPU temp. Most of the temperatures were lowered by 3 to 11 degrees Celsius, but the CPU temp actually went up by 1 degree. The reason why is unclear, but may be due to the stock AMD heatsink used during testing or measuring tolerance. I'm going to hypothesize that an upright cooler like Thermalright Ultra 120 or the Scythe Mine would benefit more from the flow of air produced my the 3D Core Fan than a traditional heatsink.