SilentiumPC Spartan 5 Max: Extra heatpipes for CPUs over 130 W

Cooling, CPU coolers, Extra tests | | Ľubomír Samák

Results: Lower noise level (39 dBA)

The SilentiumPC Spartan 5 cooler with the “Max” attribute differs from, say, the basic variant only by having twice as many heatpipes. So four instead of two. The other elements are the same, so naturally the question comes to how much the two added heatpipes, which the more expensive SPC cooler has in addition, will increase the cooling efficiency. By quite a bit, or by nothing at all – depending on the processor used.

Results: Lower noise level (39 dBA)



Why is there a missing value in the chart? The reason was that the cooler could no longer handle the load in the specified mode. However, the box coolers cannot be regulated to the lowest noise level of 31 dBA, because the whining fan motor starts to make significant noise at such low speeds.


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