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Thermaltake Big Typhoon |
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Performance
| CPU: | AMD Opteron 148 CABYE (S939; 1MB; Venus) |
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| Clock speed: | 11 x 200 MHz = 2200 MHz, Memory at DDR-400 |
| Motherboard: | DFI NF4 Ultra D |
| Memory: | 2x 512MB Patriot +XBL PC4800 |
| Video Card: | Sapphire Radeon X1800XT PCI-e |
| Harddisk: | 2 x 80GB Hitachi SATA drives in raid 0 Maxtor 200GB PATA drive |
| Power Supply: | Sintek 500W SLI Both fans replaced with Thermaltake Thunderblade fans |
| Case & Cooling: | Rosewill R114A Three 120mm and one 80mm Thermaltake Thunderblade fan |
| Software: | Windows XP SP2, Catalyst 6.6 |
To test the Big Typhoon’s performance, we used Artic Silver 5 and allowed the paste to thoroughly set before testing. The stock AMD heatsink was tested using the factory-applied thermal paste. Idle temp was determined with computer sitting at the desktop (with MBM 5 running) and recording the lowest temp after 30 minutes. Load temp was determined with Prime95 running, using MBM 5 and recording the highest temp after 30 minutes. Temperatures are recorded in Celsius degrees, and room temperature was monitored using a standard mercury thermometer and recorded at 26C (± 1°C).
At idle the Big Typhoon barely edges out the XP-90C, but under load it beats the XP-90C by three degrees.
The overclocking results are even more impressive, as the Big Typhoon beats the XP-90C by three degrees at idle, and a whopping seven degrees under load. With the Big Typhoon I was able to get the Opteron 148 stable up to 3.05GHz.
