{"id":280856,"date":"2026-08-28T11:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/?p=280856\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:07:36","slug":"selection-of-older-but-still-relevant-tests-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/selection-of-older-but-still-relevant-tests-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Selection of Older but Still Relevant Tests (Part 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--nextpage-->HWC has published several analyses that deserve to be revisited. Although they are not from today\u2014or even yesterday\u2014we still consider them useful in practice. The final part of this series will contain something \u201cextra\u201d\u2014vibration tests of different samples of the same fan models, a comparative overview of thermal pastes, and a really large database of CPU cooler tests.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The vibration data of a single fan differs from the average of three units, and the cross-section of fifteen models also differs somewhat. What can the difference be between the least and most vibrating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/endorfy-stratus-120-pwm-efficient-fan-on-a-budget-review\/\">Endorfy Stratus 120 PWM<\/a> fan when a larger number of samples is included in the analysis is illustrated below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-165738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00-253x168.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/endorfy-startus-120-pwm-vibration-tests-00-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link to analysis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/15x-endorfy-stratus-120-pwm-fan-in-vibration-tests\/\">15\u00d7 Endorfy Stratus 120 PWM fan in vibration tests<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have you ever wondered which thermal paste to choose to achieve optimal results? Whether from the perspective of achieving the highest possible heat dissipation or finding some balance between the final cooling performance and the purchase price (of the cooler and thermal paste). <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-253x168.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-02-872x579.jpg 872w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link to analysis: 27 thermal pastes in comparison, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-1-en\/\">part 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/the-test-of-27-thermal-compounds-part-2-en\/\">part 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A really old, but still informative comparison test of many coolers across several usage scenarios. Some coolers are still available in stores, while others (and there will probably be quite a few of those) are no longer sold. In any case, wasn&#8217;t that Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E (Extreme) a great cooler? \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/retro-test-chladicov-cpu-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"noborder alignnone wp-image-11194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/retro-test-chladicov-cpu-04-1024x584.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/retro-test-chladicov-cpu-04-1024x584.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/retro-test-chladicov-cpu-04-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/retro-test-chladicov-cpu-04-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Link to analysis: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/gigantic-retrotest-of-80-cpu-coolers-2005-2015\/\">Gigantic retrotest of 80 CPU coolers (2005\u20132015)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>English translation and edit by Jozef Dud\u00e1\u0161<\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block;background-color:transparent\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8150419924824893\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6522017574\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HWC has published several analyses that deserve to be revisited. Although they are not from today\u2014or even yesterday\u2014we still consider them useful in practice. The final part of this series will contain something \u201cextra\u201d\u2014vibration tests of different samples of the same fan models, a comparative overview of thermal pastes, and a really large database of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extra-tests","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Selection of Older but Still Relevant Tests (Part 7) - HWCooling.net<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/selection-of-older-but-still-relevant-tests-part-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Selection of Older but Still Relevant Tests (Part 7) - HWCooling.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HWC has published several analyses that deserve to be revisited. 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