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Thermaltake Aqua RX R-1 |
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Performance
The outline of the memory chips could be seen in the thermal pads, indicating good contact. In the gap where the copper tube is inserted, the thermal paste was well spread out.For the overclocking tests, I used the latest version of SysTool.
I tried measuring temperatures with a digital thermometer, but even after an hour of load, the outside of the heatsinks stayed cool to the touch.
The waterblock was tested with the following water loop:
- Eheim HPPS Plus
- Black Ice Xtreme II with 2 Sunon 7W fans
- Alphacool Nexxxos CPU block
- Thermaltake R1 block
Because I used Arctic Silver Ceramique, I gave the paste three days of gaming in order for it to settle and achieve maximum performance.
I also lowered the LDT and CPU multiplier, and raised the CPU voltage.
Stock settings is the memory with original heatspreaders. Timings were 2 2-2-5 throughout testing.
| Mushkin Redline XP4000 | Maximum Clock |
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| Stock, 3.3V | 252 MHz |
| Stock, 3.4V | 252 MHz |
| Stock, 3.5V | 253 MHz |
| R1, 3.3V | 254 MHz |
| R1, 3.4V | 255 MHz |
| R1, 3.5V | 257 MHz |
The block had no effect on CPU temperatures.
As you can see, the block has increased the highest attainable clock by 4MHz at 3.5 V.
