All about Closed-loop Liquid Coolers

[lloyd_joy]

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now, here's the comparison for 25 Deg C room temp... it's the same as any ambient room temp...

> Set the aircon @ 25 Deg C (ganihang 3 am) so as to stabilize the room temp for the testing... ok ra kay dili init sa gawas... then started the test at exactly 7:30 am...
> Run Prime95 and test the fan combo for 30 minutes per testing...


here's the image of the room temp setting:




here's the temp for the dual Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition...



here's the temp for the dual Cooler Master SickleFlow 120...




Result:
> Its the same as the 1st test, its a "DRAW"... temp difference is negliglbe... its only 1 Deg C...



again, my set-up especially the CPU is the same as most of the person here on a budget... its just a "mid-high" budget gaming rig... once i'll change my CPU to an i7-3770K, i'll share again the temp performance difference between these 2 fan combo...

Spec:
> CPU: i3-2120
> Ram: 16 GB (4x4GB) Avexir Core Series DDR3 1333 MHz
> GPU: Dual Yeston GTX 670 (2-way SLI)
> Mobo: ASRock Fatality Z77 Professional
> CPU cooler: Corsair H50
> HDD: 320 Western Digital Caviar Blue
> PSU: Corsair TX750W
> Ram cooler: OCZ rotating @ full speed (3,500 rpm)
> Chassis: PC Cooler Thunderstorm 3000+
> 2 x 120 mm intake fans (front) @ 1,650 rpm max
> 2 x 120 mm exhaust fans (top) @ 1,200 rpm max

[lloyd_joy]

@lloyd: lain imo room temp dha sa china compared diri sa pinas bro. mas init man ata diri...hehe
most reviews, lamang jud ang sp120. ok man japun ang sickleflow.

bro, check the result at 25 Deg C room temp... that's the same as the room temp dha sa Pinas...

but mine us at stock ha... dili pareha sa net na naka OC... again, once maka ilis nko'g CPU, post pud nato diri ang performance difference nila...

[Sempron Guy]

Nothing wrong with your test. I'm just saying that your H50 could be the bottleneck here since nipis ra kayo ang rad so it won't matter unsa nga fan gamiton. Pwede pud na giingon ni werty nga ang processor is not hot enough nga di mapagawas ang true potential sa fan. Naka ingon pud ko basin tungod sa push/pull config vs single set-up sa anand. The sickle flow could be doing 100% na sa iyang performance while the sp120 is underperforming tungod anang mga factors nga ako na mention. Akoa ra nang observation. Again I'm not implying any apples-apples comparison. I'm questioning the "gap" in temps sa kang anand nga results vs yours na almost zero. And we are trying to point out unsay factors nga naka affect na that makes your conclusion not applicable sa tanang user.

[lloyd_joy]

mao ni ang gi eliminate na "potential" gap...

> room temp: eliminated... tested at 25 Deg C room temp
> used app on testing: eliminated... used Prime95
> rad thickness: "Not eliminated"... got only 1 Closed LCS here
> CPU OC... Not applicable since CPU available for the test is only an i3-2120

yup, you are right, my conclusion is not applicable sa tanan user kay wla man ma eliminate ang uban factors... but still, sa ordinary set-up... non-OC CPU and a thin rad, there is no significant difference in the performance of the two fans in "push-pull" config w/c is the subject of my comparison... atoa lang unya ning eliminate tanan... one by one... kay nag plan man gyud ko mag ilis ug "K" CPU, had ordered an Antec Khuler H20 920 a while ago. maabot to ugma's buntag did2 sa office... nice kaayo'g price kay gi sale man... 3.633K php lang ang price... its hard to let this price pass me by... had saved 2.1k php on this purchase... its original price was 5.733K php...