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OCZ Tempest Heat Sink Fan Cooler
| Manufacturer: | OCZ Technology |
| Product: | OCZ Tempest Cooler (Part Number OCZTTEMP) |
| Date: | Thu, Oct 05, 2006 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Nathan Kirsch - |
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The Test System
If purchase a retail box Intel Conroe or Allendale processor this is how the system is going to look. The Intel fan does a great job keeping a stock processor cool, but we are going to test both stock and overclocked settings to see how the OCZ Tempest does. Since we recently tested the Aerocool Xfire we will also include it in the graphs to help show our readers what a competing air cooling solution can do.
Here is the Intel Test Platform:
| Intel Test Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Component | Brand/Model | Live Pricing | |||
Processor | Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 | ||||
Motherboard | ABIT AWD9 MAX | ||||
Memory | 2GB Corsair PC2-8888 Dominator | ||||
Video Card | ATI X1900XTX | ||||
Hard Drive | Western Digital 250MB | ||||
Cooling | Aerocool Xfire & OCZ Tempest | ||||
Power Supply | Corsair 620W PSU | ||||
Operating System | Windows XP Professional | ||||
The way we mounted the OCZ Tempest cooler it will blow air across the heatpipe heatsink that abit used on the A9WD-Max motherboard and surrounding areas. The retail boxed Intel heat sink would do the same thing, but the airflow isn't enough to really impact board surface temperatures. The Tempest looks great and uses tried and true blue LED's with a clear fan that will be sure to look good in a case with general mods.
Next Page - Temperature Testing
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - The Tempest Meets Intel Core 2 Duo
Page 2 - Installing The Tempest on an LGA775 system Page 3 - The Test System Page 4 - Temperature Testing Page 5 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions |
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