Performance

For the full specifications and more pics of the setup, visit the case gallery - /gallery/572

First I installed a temperature sensor between two of my memory modules and plugged in the sensor into my Akasa fan controller. To heat up the modules I used MemTest 3.1 for Windows. First I ran the program for about 15 minutes, with the XTC Cooler off, until the temperature stopped rising and wrote down the resulting temperature. Then I used my fan controller to set the fan speed to 1500 RPM and waited until the temperature stopped falling. The final step was the XTC Cooler on maximum speed, until the temperature stopped falling.

I used two settings for the tests. First 423 MHz 4-4-4-8 at 2.2V and the second one was 423 MHz 4-4-4-8 at 2.5V. These are the results:

Ambient = 19.0°C | Case = 25.0°C





And finally I tested if lower temperatures yielded improved overclockability of my sticks. I tested with the XTC Cooler off and the XTC Cooler at highest RPM. Selected timings were 4-3-2-8 at 2.4V VDimm to get my sticks to the maximum. I started with an FSB of 423 MHz and waited until SysTool reported an error.


The temperature was measured at the end of the tests.



Really impressive to be honest.